Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[DanSchwartzgan]

If we’re talking about Mathurin, even a trade for him would have to be kicked off by he and Dallas agreeing to terms on a contract, yeah?

The wording on RTG's post is a little different than what Google did for me.  Yes, if this is about Mathurin, it starts with agreeing to terms with him.  What I'm saying here though is different than what I said before.  You could interpret what RTG wrote to mean we are trading for someone else (not necessarily a FA) and then will give the rest of the budget to TB.   

My mind went to someone like Jrue or some other bigger dollar player with the trade match spread eating up some of our space under the tax.  Maybe when they say they are still negotiating with the player, it means they are still negotiating with TB.  It doesn't seem as likely as the other way where we are negotiating with a FA, but I'm no expert on translating Turkish.