In order to accommodate the roster spots needed for the completion of the Longoria deal, please release:
Jose Ramirez (2018) $1M
Ramirez's buy out:
2018 - $1M x 75% = $750k rounded up to $1M
$1M x 1.1 = $1.1M rounded up to $1.5M
Bruce Rondon (2019) $1.5M
Rondon's buy out:
2018 - $1.5M x 75% = $1.125M rounded to nearest $500k increment = $1M
2019 - $1.5M x 50% = $750k rounded to nearest $500k increment = $1M
$2M x 1.1 = $2.2M rounded up to $2.5M. I would like to accelerate the entirety of the $2.5M buy out into the 2018 salary cap.
All told, both releases should result in just a $4M cap hit to 2018.