With everyone off-season comes the inevitable “buyout XXXX player”. This year the biggest candidates for “buyout XXXX player” are Jimmy Hayes and Matt Beleskey. You can make a very good case for why both players should be bought out, but today I’m going to focus on everyone’s favorite Dorchester native not named Wahlberg.
Here are the rules regarding buyouts (from Capfriendly.com):
- Teams can buyout a contract and obtain a reduced cap hit.
- Depending on the age of the player when they are bought out, the buyout ratio varies.