Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

I have a hard time seeing something wrong by MIL. Isn't the ONLY "complaint" that they chose to pay Trent more than other teams wanted to pay him? If they want to spend their cap money that way, what's the objection?

I don't remember the details, but I think the thought was that he accepted a much smaller contract than he was worth because it was all they could pay him (no bird rights?) with the handshake agreement that they would pay him more in the future.  My understanding is that is an illegal way to circumvent the cap rules.