Losing, A Cardinal Sin
At present, the St. Louis Cardinals payroll sits at $183M, five million below the MLB average. Fangraphs projects their playoff chances at slightly over 5% a week before the deadline, which is low enough for Cards brass to acknowledge plans to move some of their better players.
The State of the Mets
The Mets are currently operating at a loss of $138.5M, with a large majority of it ($108.3M) paid towards luxury taxes for going over the threshold. Many fans expect the Cohen family to have no problem going further into the deep end on the balance sheet…
Looking at the Yankees 2021 trade deadline
I wish I had time to cover the entire historic 2021 MLB trade deadline, but for today we will focus on the Yankees 2021 deadline. Who won each trade, and where is everybody now? We will break each of the four deals down…