Rockies Contract Buyouts- ROCKIES PLEASE READ

[Paul S.]

CI/MI/OF Willi Castro 2026 $10m =$7.5m + $5m = $12.5m x 1.1 - $13.75m rounded to $14m cap hit for 2025.
SP Tony Gonsolin 2026 $4.0m = $3m + $2m + $1m = $6m x 1.1 = $6.6m rounded to $6.5m cap hit for 2025

Release C Yohel Pozo 2028 P-n/a no cap hit

[BHows]

CI/MI/OF Willi Castro 2026 $10m =$7.5m + $5m = $12.5m x 1.1 - $13.75m rounded to $14m cap hit for 2025.
SP Tony Gonsolin 2026 $4.0m = $3m + $2m + $1m = $6m x 1.1 = $6.6m rounded to $6.5m cap hit for 2025

Release C Yohel Pozo 2028 P-n/a no cap hit

Gonsolin's huyout needs to be rounded up to $7m.
Proceed?

[Paul S.]

Gonsolin's huyout needs to be rounded up to $7m.
Proceed?

Yes, proceed.  Section C Sub-Section 1 Item AX C(1)-3.0 of the rules needs to be amended.

[BHows]

Sub Section 1 is Releasing players,
The applicable rule is in Sub Section 2:
Sub-Section 2- Contract Buyouts

Item AX C(2) 1.0
Money owed to a player released under contract may be financed through a contract buyout.  This is done by first releasing the player by using the aforementioned formula (Releasing Players). Then the remaining contract amounts are added together, multiplied by 1.1, and the total is rounded up to the nearest $0.5m.  This amount may be divided up any way you choose as long as the number of years is not more than what it was before AND that no salary owed in any year is more than an amount in a prior year.  I will use some current examples to highlight the effects of the buyout and its 10% tax.

[Paul S.]

Sub Section 1 is Releasing players,
The applicable rule is in Sub Section 2:
Sub-Section 2- Contract Buyouts

Item AX C(2) 1.0
Money owed to a player released under contract may be financed through a contract buyout.  This is done by first releasing the player by using the aforementioned formula (Releasing Players). Then the remaining contract amounts are added together, multiplied by 1.1, and the total is rounded up to the nearest $0.5m.  This amount may be divided up any way you choose as long as the number of years is not more than what it was before AND that no salary owed in any year is more than an amount in a prior year.  I will use some current examples to highlight the effects of the buyout and its 10% tax.

Yes, I agree that is the way the rule is written and there is not much difference in the result.  Please finish the buyout.  Thanks for doing a job that is not easy!

[BHows]

Fantraxed 9/13/25

[ldsjayhawk]

 SS 11/29/2025    

You're both right.  Individual cap hits are rounded down, buyouts are rounded up