Verlander being that far underwater helps it make sense how he got through waivers that August.
Money and talent on the seesaw - you can kind of see that trade as the Tigers purchasing the prospects for that sum, and Verlander moving in August 2017 sort of the same way Lucas Giolito moved around in August 2023.
Except that Verlander is a HoF talent, and to that point in his career hadn't had any of the SIg Mejdal stuff, just his HoF talent.
A little of what Elias has to weigh when considering investing talent for contracts that still have forecast surplus value is what other talent might also be available like Reynaldo Lopez last season for simply money. That said, teams ahead of where BAL is likely to be in the waiver order took the strongest players like that last year.
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