Yu Darvish asked for a two-year extension and ended up getting quite a bit more
than that. Michael Wacha agreed to an interesting deal himself. Story with @Ken_
Rosenthal on the unusual lengths of the Padres' latest spending:
https://twitter.com/dennistlin/status/1626214815164235776
完整報導出處：https://bit.ly/3k4Bn8k
看了一下報導，大意是在講教士隊提出較長的合約來降低平均年薪（達比修的6年約以及Wac
ha的4年約），進而躲避豪華稅線
節錄報導提到達比修的其中一段
Why, for example, did the Padres give Darvish such a lengthy commitment?Accordin
g to sources briefed on negotiations but not authorized to discuss them publicly
, the Japanese star initially asked for two years and $60 million on top of the
$19 million he was owed in 2023, the final season of his previous contract. The
two sides went through a variety of concepts before settling on a new six-year,
$108 million deal that starts this season, replacing the final year of Darvish’
s old contract. In the process, the Padres substantially lowered the deal’s ave
rage annual value — helping them stay below the third of four luxury tax thresh
olds — but also guaranteed Darvish, 36, almost $30 million more than he origina
lly sought.
大意是達比修原本要求的是在今年19M合約（舊合約最後一年）的基礎上再續約兩年60M
後來雙方簽下了從今年開始起算的6年108M合約，取代了原本的舊約
新合約讓教士隊能保持在第三層的豪華稅線之下，但也讓達比修多拿了將近30M