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By jettisoning Piscotty, the A’s pay him a $1 million buyout for next season, not his full $5.6 million. The A’s end game is clear: Maximize team owner John Fisher’s profits by slashing payroll. (Also, in the Andrus deal, the A’s traded Jonah Heim, who is the Rangers’ starting catcher.) Might Semien have made a slight difference? The A’s finished six games out of a playoff spot.
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He didn’t make up the difference on defense. Nice! But last season, Semien had 45 homers, 102 RBIs and an OPS of. The A’s let Marcus Semien slip away before 2021 and picked up Andrus, a move that saved the A’s about $11 million. Also not smart, except for the money saved. The whole Andrus deal, let’s be charitable and call it not good. Bonus: Justice’s attitude assisted Pitt in winning a nomination for best-actor Oscar. In ’02, the A’s got Justice, a helpful outfielder/DH, for a steep discount, and Justice was part of their 103-win season. Somewhere along the line, the A’s relinquished that title for being MLB ’s brainiest. Either way, the A’s pay now so they don’t pay later, avoiding a 2023 option that, had he been given the playing time to make it vest as a player option, would have cost the A’s $15 million. Even with Texas paying half Andrus’ salary this year, they’ll still be paying him almost $2 million to not play baseball at all, though he might sign somewhere for the minimum. That was way back when the A’s were the smartest team in the room. The Yankees are paying you four million dollars to play against them.” Justice (Stephen Bishop): “Well, you are paying me eight million dollars per year, so yeah.”īeane: “No, no.