02-01-2023, 01:33 PM
Quite honestly, it's going to be on the front office to make sure this gets done the right way.
You can offer him 10 years $550 million and it won't be an issue if you structure it the right way:
1. Sigining bonus spread over the contract
2. Escalating base salaries over the life of the contract.
If you do that, the contract will be a great deal for everyone. The really need to be smart with the cap space for this offseason. That needs to be used to offset hits for other guys we need to sign.
You can offer him 10 years $550 million and it won't be an issue if you structure it the right way:
1. Sigining bonus spread over the contract
2. Escalating base salaries over the life of the contract.
If you do that, the contract will be a great deal for everyone. The really need to be smart with the cap space for this offseason. That needs to be used to offset hits for other guys we need to sign.
