Jae and Chris were very tight and I really don't see his path back here now that he's gone. Defense is slipping and his shot was never a world beater.
With that being said...... I like Yuta and Jevon.
Anyone know about the MLE? Do we have it? How about the Tax payer exception?
Finally, where are all these undrafted two-ways? I haven't found any info on that yet.
We have 3 Two-Way spots available. That is virtually guaranteed. Small chance we only have 2 because Saban Lee occupies one. I wouldn't be surprised if our 2nd round pick gets a Two-Way or signs an Exhibit 10 deal, which is essentially a Two-Way contract. It's a normal deal but can be converted to a Two-Way.
I think it's 60/40 we'll have the taxpayer MLE, with that we'll also have the Bi-Annual Exception. The TP-MLE is $5.0m and the BAE is $4.4m. There are some small rules for using tjem, like the BAE must be used for a 2 year deal at minimum. The TP-MLE can be split up but isn't usually as it's smaller so typically goes to 1 player.
I say 60/40 because a few places indicate we'll have it and some others don't. I'm leaning towards yes but not counting on it fully at this point because not having it will suck after mentally preparing for it. I do think its slightly more likely we will though, for whatever that's worth.
We can resign Craig, Landale, and Biz using Early Bird rights, so they won't count towards exceptions.
We also have a $5.2m trade exception that can be used to acquire someone. Who knows if we do or not. Trade exceptions rarely get used when they're that small but if someone wants to free up a roster spot, we can take them in. That exception stands alone. It can not be combined with a player to make their outgoing salary higher in a trade so we can take back more.
