TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[DanSchwartzgan]

I am still struggling with this mindset that you have to have all your contracts expire in 24 in order to clear room for free agents. 

Gave this some more thought and as much as I’d like to clear Bertans sooner rather than later, if he’s still here at the end of the 23/24 season, he isn’t really a problem from a space standpoint.  At the very worst, he can be stretched in the summer of 24 and his $5mm only counts as $1.66mm against the cap.

So, I wouldn’t pay anything to move him.  That leaves the real questions between now and then to be THJ and what happens with Wood.