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Originally Posted by jd1020
Front load the contract.
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Economically asinine.
Backload the ever-living shit out of it and do so in a manner that allows for interest-free deferments.
It's his last deal, so it's not going to set a baseline for later contract discussions (that's the only drawback to backloading). Take the tens of millions you save over the first 6-7 years of the deal and invest it. With that kind of money, an 8% return is generally pretty easy. You'll double it over the life of the contract at a simple 7% return.
The Cardinals could backload that deal and invest accordingly in a manner that would make that $220 million only cost somewhere in the neighorhood of $170 million in 'real' dollars; the difference being money earned off the backloaded portion.
And that doesn't even get into the inflationary possibilities given baseballs unbridled payroll structure.
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Originally Posted by beer me
If he'll do that, yes.
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If Mozeliak offers that, DeWitt should fire him on the spot for being an absolute moron.