The Wild have bought out Parise and Suter.
They will be paying them $833,333 each for the next 8 years, and their hit against the salary cap will be as follows.
2021-22: $2.37M
2022-23: $6.37M
2023-24: $7.37M
2024-25: $7.37M
2025-26: $0.833M
2026-27: $0.833M
2027-28: $0.833M
2028-29: $0.833M
If they hadn't been bought out it would have been $7.54M for the next four years.
Bill Guerin apparently didn't buy into the short season's success against weak competition in California and is building for 4-5 years down the line?
I don't know how else to interpret this one.
Long balls v. no balls....long balls win.
Parker gets the win after his guys managed a cumulative 13 hits off of 5 different pitchers (out of 7 total used by the home club) including 4 more homeruns*.
Duensing gets the loss after a 41 pitch first and a total of 7 earned runs during his 2 completed innings. Poor shlub even walked in a run.
The Twins are now 36-52 (and a ghastly 17-28 at home) and 13 games behind the AL Central leading White Sox.
Good news:
Justin Morneau extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a single in the sixth.
Zach Parise threw out the first pitch before the game. That's right - the Wild signed a couple of amazing free agents this off season. Bring on the snow!
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Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.
