damn

"And since Otani is subject to bonus pools, it wouldn’t just be a check to Otani. To sign Otani, a team would first have to pay Hokkaido the posting fee (up to $20 million), then pay Otani a sizeable signing bonus and then pay a 100 percent tax on that signing bonus to MLB. So if a team offered a hypothetical $50 million signing bonus for Otani, it would actually cost the team $120 million ($20 million posting fee + $50 million bonus + $50 million penalty tax)."

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 10m10 minutes ago
Source: Morton deal with #Astros is two years, $14M.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 9m9 minutes ago
Morton deal with #Astros also includes incentives of $625K each at 15, 20, 25 and 30 starts each year.

Astros trade for McCann and cash for Albert Abreu and Jorge Guzman

Josh Reddick to the Astros for 2yr/$52M?

Holy shit if true

Fuck dude. How are the mariners ever going to end a playoff drought fighting Texas and the Astros

Four years.

Andrew Cashner to Rangers 1yr/$10mil

First report that was released said two

Cecil to cards

4/30.5

Wtff

KMO to Blue Jays too