MLBTR Chat Transcript: 10/7/19

Is just looked it up: If you count the deferred money (which teams usually don’t in terms if trades because it is considered money already earned and is spread out in low long term payments) Chris Davis is still owed $93 mill. If you don’t count the deferred money Davis is owed $51 mill. Miggy has no deferred money and is owed $124 mill. Even if you count the deferred $ I highly doubt Miggy would fetch a $31 million contract so Davis’ contract is better. I would rather release Chris Davis and have $31 mill to spend then have Miggy at this point. If the Tigers were to trade Miggy to Baltimore for Davis and then release Davis they would only be responsible for the non deferred payments of $51 million. Would save Detroit $73 million. That would be a steal for Detroit. I think every team in the league would rather have $73 million instead of Miggy Cabrera. Even if you include the deferred $ the contracts don’t even cone close to evening out until Miggys last contract year and at that point Davis contract will have already been finished. Davis contract is better by somewhere between $31-$73 million minus no more then whatever value Miggy has from here on out. Davis really isn’t even part of the equation. The real question is would you rather have Miguel Cabrera or some where between $31 million and $73 million. I would take the cash every time. I’m sure most every team in baseball would too.i