AMonkey

it's factually Nolan McLean. duh.

you may recall from elementary school that that's a good month earlier, and it's colder in NY. Also they need Spring Training, and don't want to start until after the WBC. glad I could help.

Hope this isn't it for overspending on the team now.

That's a generous take on it.

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They've pretty much already signaled they're basically done, they're not going to suddenly spend another $30 million somewhere, if he stays it's a little less (And other money is coming off). The only time it becomes an issue is if he does revert to the mean and put up 3+ fWAR and you don't want to just let that production walk next offseason. If they were concerned with that, they certainly could've offered more years to Alonso, at a lower rate. I'm sure he would've been more open to deferrals too, if the contract length was longer.