Alberto Callaspo Possibly Being Traded

The well may be poisoned at this point, but the trade can still be completed if the Dodgers and Braves choose to do so. Braves could DFA him on June 6th and the 10th day of his DFA limbo would be the first day they'd be able to consummate the trade.
 
Ken Rosenthal
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#Braves could DFA Callaspo after Chris Johnson returns. Would still have right to veto trades until 6/15. If released, could join any team.
 
Enscheff said:
Honestly, I thought they were a little more loaded with position prospects than they are. According to BP, their only other good position prospect is Seager, and he is pretty much a lock for SS once Rollins is gone. Guerrero isn't a minor leaguer, so while he might be a good long term answer at 3B, he doesn't really match the description of the players involved (though the descriptions have been fluid so far).

So who knows, probably just a relatively minor trade where the Braves cash in some of the veteran pieces for fringe prospects. The fact JJ didn't pitch last night is odd though. Do the Dodgers need BP help?
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No way Seager sticks at SS.... He's destined for 3B, and the Dodgers have like 14 good 3B
 
I'd like to see the Braves DFA Callaspo and then make sure it's known publicly exactly how much of a tool he is. We give him $3 million on the premise that he's working hard to lose a bunch of weight. He proceeds to show up to Spring Training as fat as ever. Now we get a trade in place 20 days before he loses the right to veto it and he shoots it down.

If I was a GM there's no way I'd consider signing him. Not even if he was offering to pay me to play in AAA. I don't want guys like that on my team.
 
Hawk said:
Ken Rosenthal
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Sources: Callaspo rejected trade. Had right under CBA to say no to any deal before June 15 as a free agent who signed last off-season.
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Seems like any deal could still get done. Assuming the Dodgers were going to DFA Callaspo, then they could just pay an extra $3M for the salary exchanging hands for the same deal, and ATL can DFA him.

That is assuming LAD was going to release him though
 
sturg33 said:
Seems like any deal could still get done. Assuming the Dodgers were going to DFA Callaspo, then they could just pay an extra $3M for the salary exchanging hands for the same deal, and ATL can DFA him.

That is assuming LAD was going to release him though
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If they actually wanted him they won't now after he rejected the trade. But if he was just being sent to off-set cash you could either do that with another player or do as you say.
 
I really don't see how Callaspo benefits from rejecting the trade. So, now, he gets to choose which team wants him (when he is eventually released)? That's it?
 
sturg33 said:
I'm guessing they're working on a Justin Turner trade as well and may have wanted Callaspo as a backup piece
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Yea, maybe. But that bridge was burned by Callaspo. So maybe less incentive for Dodgers now or maybe we'd have to give up more now to do a deal.
 
Callaspo is an idiot for rejecting this trade. Nothing good for him can come from it. Here are the scenarios:

1- Dodgers keep him and he plays for one of the best teams in the game and a legit world series contender

2- Dodgers DFA him. In this scenario he's no worse off than in Atlanta. Either we DFA him or they do. At least if he accepts the trade before being DFA he doesn't get a reputation of being difficult.

3- Callaspo rejects the trade and the Braves DFA him. This is the worst possible situation for him. He still gets released, has burned bridges in Atlanta, and made himself look like as ass.

Callaspo is a guy who should be praying some team gives him so much as a shot at AAA. Blowing up trades is not the way to do this.
 
Would Callaspo have to pay higher taxes if traded to LA before being dfa as opposed to if the braves dfa him?
 
Sturge is right. Callaspo's isn't a major piece in this trade. If both teams are that interested in getting it done it will get done.
 
weso1 said:
Would Callaspo have to pay higher taxes if traded to LA before being dfa as opposed to if the braves dfa him?
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I've never really understood the tax stuff for athletes. Maybe I'm wrong, but can't the athlete buy a house in any state he chooses, and claim that as his permanent residency?
 
sturg33 said:
Well I'm just trying to imagine a scenario in which LAD would have kept Callaspo. Otherwise, it seems the deal could easily be done without him
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Maybe the reason Callaspo was in the deal at all was because there is a distaste of sending significant money in a trade. The Dodgers would rather trade for Callaspo and DFA him than send a couple million and have us DFA him. Also, it's easier for Hart to trade away Callaspo than to admit signing him was a total screw up and DFA him ourselves. It's all about appearances.

Think of us taking Quentin back in the Kimbrel trade. We did that knowing full well we were DFAing him and there was a good chance no one would want him. Still, it was more palatable to trade for that salary and then DFA him than to simply pay that money towards BJ's contract.
 
sturg33 said:
I've never really understood the tax stuff for athletes. Maybe I'm wrong, but can't the athlete buy a house in any state he chooses, and claim that as his permanent residency?
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You pay state income taxes based on where you earn your money, not where you live. And that might have had something to do with it. Still, I think the teams could have worked around this problem.
 
sturg33 said:
I've never really understood the tax stuff for athletes. Maybe I'm wrong, but can't the athlete buy a house in any state he chooses, and claim that as his permanent residency?
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No, its where you earn the income. Athletes will file tax returns in every state that they perform services in (entertaining the public). At least this is whta I've read.
 
striker42 said:
You pay state income taxes based on where you earn your money, not where you live. And that might have had something to do with it. Still, I think the teams could have worked around this problem.
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Exactly. It's the reason why spring training is played in AZ and FL because they have no state income tax.
 
thethe said:
No, its where you earn the income. Athletes will file tax returns in every state that they perform services in (entertaining the public). At least this is whta I've read.
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Interesting.

A friend of mine's parents bought a house in Florida... they do all their working and investing here in VA... but he claims FL residency (to be fair he lives down there probably 4 months a year). He also has his cars and what not registered in FL
 
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