After that s deal with the Mets would include $23.25MM in deferred payments, offered more details on the structure of Manaeas contract this morning. Manaea will earn equal $25MM salaries in all three years of the deal, adding up to the reported total guarantee of $75MM. However, $7.75MM of his salary will be deferred without interest each season, adding up to the reported total of $23.25MM in deferrals. As Sammon previously mentioned, the deferrals will be paid out in equal portions over 10 years from 2035-44. Sammon also notes that Manaea can earn standard additional incentives for making an All-Star appearance ($50K), winning a Gold Glove ($50K), winning LCS MVP ($50K), winning World Series MVP ($100K), and finishing top-three in Cy Young voting ($50K for first place, $25K for second place, $10K for third place). The deferred payments mean that Manaeas contract isnt quite worth $75MM in present-day value. Therefore, the luxury tax hit for the Mets wont be quite as high as his $25MM AAV. suggests Tristan Bennett Jersey the present-day value of his AAV for luxury tax purposes is just over $22MM. Thats not entirely insignificant to the Mets, who will be paying the luxury tax once again in 2025. Its also interesting that Manaeas contract is about $1MM le s valuable than the three-year, $67MM deal his former teammate signed with the Athletics. reported last week that Manaea turned down that same offer from the As before they gave it to Severino instead. Of course, its not hard to understand why Manaea would rather pitch for the Mets than the As, but its interesting that he technically took a discount to re-sign with New York. In another Mets update, that contract length is currently whats holding up a deal between the Mets and . Heyman recently made a similar suggestion, saying I do think the years are the hang-up right now (per ). Back in December, reported the Mets were still pushing hard to reunite with Alonso. From Alonsos perspective, its hard to picture a better fit than the only team hes ever known. Yet, a deal hasnt come together. A disagreement over contract length could certainly explain why. Presumably, Alonso and his agent Scott Boras are still looking to beat the guaranteed money from the seven-year, $158MM extension from the Mets in the summer of 2023. To do so, hed need to sign for at least $137.5MM this winter (he already earned the first $20.5MM in 2024 during his final year of arbitration). Its hard to imagine Alonso approaching that number on anything shorter than a six-year contract. Meanwhile, its not hard to understand why teams would balk at offering a six-year contract to a 30-year-old first baseman coming off two consecutive down years. Davante Davis Jersey