Sean Fennessey
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And so getting our heads around it, and you've got to consider also these are two teams that are in the tax.
So they're effectively paying $120 million for Kyle Tucker.
That's a lot.
It's hard to fathom that.
That's the sort of thing that when my dad would grouse about salaries when I was a kid watching baseball, and it would be like, David Justice was guaranteed $3 million.
Can you effing believe this?
I was always like, you don't get it, old man.
This is great for players.
This is great for the sport.
We want it.
And we live in New York.
We want these guys to be paid.
We haven't even talked about Carlos Beltran, who once upon a time got a huge deal from the New York Mets and is now going into the Hall of Fame almost certainly with a Mets hat on.
But $120 million outlay for Kyle Tucker is breaking my brain.
That is actually hard to fathom.
One thing I've really enjoyed, and I don't mind tempting their ire,
is that this has really frustrated the Phillies fans.
Stealing Bo Bichette from the Phillies has obviously really angered them.
They're very quick to point out the irrationality of the deal.
And then also, Luis Robert Jr.