Nationals
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abimelec Ortiz | 24 | Minors | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| Alejandro Rosario | 25 | Minors | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 8.6 | ||
| Devin Fitz-Gerald | 20 | Minors | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 8.1 | ||
| Gavin Fien | 19 | Minors | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 13.9 | ||
| Yeremy Cabrera | 20 | Minors | OF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
Total Value:
29.2
Rangers
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie Gore | 27 | Majors | SP | Low | 2 | 58.7 | 14 | 44.7 | 35.7 | 44.7 | 53.6 |
Total Value:
44.7
Especially as you can make a Carter-Scarborough-Fien package work to a tee in the sim. For Gore, the inclusion of Scarborough would be a precondition for me. But the coming lockout is a variable that must be influencing discussions on players with 2-3 yr time horizons. The Nats project to 66 wins this season, and 2027 might be vaporware given how far sides stand apart.
Good point. We haven't seen that concern manifest in the free agent market, but it's possible it's a factor in trade discussions.
Though I do think recent short term FA contracts, and particularly the structure of a contract like Bellinger's (substantial signing bonus, opt out after the lockout year) are factoring in both a potential lost year and future CBA changes. But yes, if you're looking at trade pieces who are free agents after '27, the value going back might be viewed as having a significant half-life after this season.
They won't miss games. Everything you're hearing now is pre-negotiation bluster. The next CBA will be agreed to on or around March 1, like the last one. It will look shockingly similar to the previous one, just with the tax thresholds raised a bit and perhaps some stiffer penalties for low payroll teams that don't use the revenue sharing money. There will probably be a new 'Dodgers Tax' threshold at like $330 million or something that will have extremely punitive penalties that will serve as a de facto cap.