<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I\u2019m fine with that. Good clarification.</div><div><br></div><div>Please restore Maeda to the Lubeasts and remove the $2.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Frank<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 27, 2025, at 9:19\u202fAM, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick@hwhlegal.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div dir="ltr">I\u2019m pretty sure Mark is right about this. A technicality but one that has been enforced in the past. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 27, 2025 9:08:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Present Tense <frank@presenttensellc.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Announcements USML <announce@usml.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Waiving Kenta Maeda</font>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Frank/others: On further reflection, while this is a minor issue, is the Maeda transaction even eligible for a $2 increase in FAAB? Rule 14.6 applies to a player "traded" to the NL, but does a cut by AL
team/signing by NL team qualify? I did not think it did and do not recall applying the rule this way in the past (definitely could be mistaken on that one). Feel free to weigh in.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 5:19\u202fPM Present Tense <<a href="mailto:frank@presenttensellc.com">frank@presenttensellc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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The Lubeasts would like to waive Kenta Maeda.<br>
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Could the commissioner please credit $2 in FAAB money?<br>
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