04-09-2024, 03:50 PM
(04-09-2024, 03:24 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: I don’t see DJJ getting the MLE. Thats $13 million.
Plus Okax will need to be worked into the rotation next year.
I don't see anyone proposing 13M for DJJ. But I think the 5.2M TxMLE might be too limiting, in which case they need to find a path to be able to increase the number.
Right now if they pay him the 5.2M, they end up a bit over Apron 1 (179M). To pay him more than that, they need the bigger MLE (even if they don't use all of it). That means finding a way to reduce other commitments to stay under the 179M Apron 1 (plus leave a modest cushion, so I'd guesstimate their number would be 178M) while increasing the 5.2M number. Trading THJ's 16.1M for Caruso's 10M allows them to get close to 9M for DJJ and stay under 178M, I think.
OMax will have to earn his minutes. They won't be gifted. That's how it is on a team that's winning. And so far, I don't see real evidence that he's threatening to be a real factor or a real contributor to winning games. He's looking like JAG.