[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Just looking at it, Freddie ended up with $18 million more dollars than the Braces were offering to get that extra year. Over the course of the contract, the higher tax bracket in California is going to cost him more then that $18 million. So basically he took less money to have a longer contract.

It is worse than that....

Per source, $57 million of Freddie Freeman’s $162 million guarantee from the Dodgers is deferred from 2028 through 2040. Those deferments bring the value of the deal to approximately $140 million.

— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) March 18, 2022