Pull this off and I shall bow to you!!!   LOL.  But it's not that far from sensible.  I would certainly call it creative.

Interesting.

Stanton will never opt out. His contract pays $32, $32, $32, $29, $25, $10 or $160 million total. He has a full no trade too.

Donaldson might be tough for the Twins to move at $29 million owed.

Hicks has looked like toast but is less expensive for $10.5, $9.5, $9.5, and $1 million or $30.5 million.

Severino is a deal for $15 million.

The Twins would be skittish at the site of these contracts for three players they don't want, but the biggest issue may be that the Yankees may not be open to losing Luis Severino despite the financial relief. 

This is a creative idea however and you present it well.

My only other comment is that Yankee prospects always seem to receive outsized publicity. 

This is... not the worst idea. My only issue is Stanton- he has to agree to the trade and I don't see why he would renegotiate his contract. The Yankees also need him in their lineup; he and Rizzo are the only protection Judge has. Although, Stanton has looked worse and worse.

If its Arraez and Kepler for Donaldson, Stanton, Hicks, Severino, Volpe, Gil and Dominguez, I feel like the Yankees turn that down pretty quick. Their team would improve assuming they sign Correa and Rodón, but they value Volpe and Dominguez a lot, and they are probably still short a bat.

I like the creativity. 

I cannot accept helping the Yankees out of their mistake contracts even if it helps the Twins in the long run. I’d puke each time those batters came to the plate.  I commend you for your outside the box thinking but this is a BIG NO in my opinion.

I'd do it for the prospects, but trading prospects for salary relief doesn't sound like a thing the Yankees would do.

Sounds like something San Diego will do in a couple of years when the bubble bursts, but not the Yankees.

7 hours ago, nicksaviking said:

I'd do it for the prospects, but trading prospects for salary relief doesn't sound like a thing the Yankees would do.

Sounds like something San Diego will do in a couple of years when the bubble bursts, but not the Yankees.

I agree, The Yankees' bubble never seems to burst, They just wait a couple of years and make a bigger bubble.

Yankees literally don't need to dump contracts.  They are the Yankees. They print money.

I have a hard time seeing the Players Union agreeing to a renegotiation of the Stanton contract.  In theory, it benefits the player, but it sets a dangerous precedence for the future.

On 12/12/2022 at 9:39 PM, Fire Dan Gladden said:

I have a hard time seeing the Players Union agreeing to a renegotiation of the Stanton contract.  In theory, it benefits the player, but it sets a dangerous precedence for the future.

it happens all the time.  and it is not a full renegotiation, it is just giving him opt outs, it actually BENEFITS him, so players union woudl not fight anything.  players get various kickers or incentives to waive no trade clauses.

On 12/12/2022 at 9:24 PM, sorney said:

Yankees literally don't need to dump contracts.  They are the Yankees. They print money.

REad any article, by any national or local NY writer. Yankees are desperately trying to move Donaldson's contract and Hick's contract. they want to shed $ (well, and 2 bad players LOL)

9 hours ago, Doc Munson said:

it happens all the time.  and it is not a full renegotiation, it is just giving him opt outs, it actually BENEFITS him, so players union woudl not fight anything.  players get various kickers or incentives to waive no trade clauses.

Actually it doesn't.  We aren't talking about waving a trade clause, or accepting a buyout.  This would be a complete overhaul of the contract.  As I said, on paper it would appear to solely benefit the player.  But it creates a slippery slope that the Union would be very, very nervous to cross.

14 hours ago, Fire Dan Gladden said:

Actually it doesn't.  We aren't talking about waving a trade clause, or accepting a buyout.  This would be a complete overhaul of the contract.  As I said, on paper it would appear to solely benefit the player.  But it creates a slippery slope that the Union would be very, very nervous to cross.

An number of players have in the past negotiated contract extensions prior to waiving their not trade clause. Is EXTENDING a contract different from just adding opt outs to an existing contract?  I guess I would say that the slope has already been slippified if they can demand  contract extensions to waive a NT clause. But I am by no means even remotely close to an expert.

On 12/12/2022 at 6:11 PM, gil4 said:

I agree, The Yankees' bubble never seems to burst, They just wait a couple of years and make a bigger bubble.

yeah, I doubt they would, it is just fun to theorize. :)   BUT... now with teh signing of Rodon they are looking at an estimated payroll of close to $315M. as repeat offenders now hitting the third level penalty  they are looking at $40-45M JUST IN PENALTIES, not to mention loss of draft picks and pool money to sign players. If they dump these contracts and save the nearly $80M, they are actually saving about $120M just this year, not to mention all the $ on future years, but yeah, I dont ACTUALLY see it happening