trade: Detroit tigers/Colorado Rockies

[nerwffej]

Tigers trade:
CI Cabrera, Miguel, $19m (2015)
P French, Lucas, $0.5m (P-n/a)
P Galarraga, Armando, $0.5m (P-2011)
P Rhodes, Arthur, $2m (2010)
X Rhodes, Arthur, $-1.5m (2010)
4-3 DET
5-3 DET
6-3 DET
7-3 DET
8-3 DET
9-3 DET
10-3 DET

Colorado Trades:

X Rolen, Scott, Cash considerations from CIN, $-4m in 2010
X Rolen, Scott, Cash considerations from TOR, $-3.5m in 2010
CI Rolen, Scott, $11.5m (2010)
C Wieters, Matt, $0.5m (P-2012)
P Willis, Dontrelle, $9.5m (2010)(2012)
OF Ankiel, Rick, $1.5m (2012)
P Porcello, Rick, $2m (2012)

[h4cheng]

Mr. Star Recruiter agrees.

Can I change my team name to Colorado Galaticos? +1 cool point if you get that reference.

[Dan Wood]

This trade is illegal in it's current form since Howe has a 60 mil bid on Jason Bay. 12 mil at 5 years. How is taking on an additional 2.5 mil with this trade. Putting him 2.5 mil over the cap.

And before you ask Howe - you are at 12 mil even with the players you dropped, since you picked up prospects. So this deal is null and void until someone outbids Howe on Jason Bay, or the money evens up, since Colorado cannot take on any additional money. 

[h4cheng]

Just so I am clear, which of the following is not allowed:

a) Placing a bid that would put you over the cap, not contingent on other bids
b) Placing a bid that would put you over the cap, contingent on another live bid
b) Making a trade that would put you over the cap, contingent on a live bid

Thanks.

[Dan Wood]

You have to be under or at the cap when making moves. You are on the hook for the 12 mil for Jason Bay. This trade now makes that bid illegal if it is processed. Therefore it cannot be processed, unless you clear 2.5 mil, or someone outbids you on Jason Bay. You don't have the money to do both. Unless you want to drop 5 guys with prospect contracts. That is your prerogative. That was one (among others) of the reasons why the Hanley to Boston trade didn't go through.

[Dan Wood]

Howe - technically you are at 11 mil budget remaining. So you would have to clear a mil to make the Jason Bay signing to go through. Of which you have 24 hours, after the bidding to do so. So this would put you 3.5 mil in the hole, if I allowed this trade to go through.

[h4cheng]

OK Dan, I will try to work something out / wait for someone to outbid me.

[Lucas Lima #52]

OK Dan, I will try to work something out / wait for someone to outbid me.

Boston just outbid you The trade shall continue... hehe

[Colby]

You could always follow such a FA acquisition with a couple of prospect drops to clear cap space.

[Dan Wood]

Yeah but we were talking 7 prospect drops, plus Scott Hairston still has not been given a contract. Doesn't matter now.