The Saturday night deadline for receipt of final offers had come and gone. Four teams had submitted offers to Powers' office for consideration, which are displayed in the following table (in $ millions of dollars): *Requests for a shorter and higher annual value deal from the Dodgers went unheeded, as the club stated a need to minimize the annual average value of the deal so that they did not exceed the Competitive Balance Tax Threshold in Year 1, when they would be subject to a 50% tax rate on marginal salary spending above the tax threshold. ** Mateo had the right to opt out of the remaining 3 years of his contract following the Year 2 season In addition to salary payments during the first five years, the Braves were offering three annual deferred payments of $16 million beginning in Year 11 , at which time the team anticipated they would have increased cash flow from a more favorable local TV deal The Saturday night deadline for receipt of final offers had come and gone. Four teams had submitted offers to Powers' office for consideration, which are displayed in the following table (in $ millions of dollars): *Requests for a shorter and higher annual value deal from the Dodgers went unheeded, as the club stated a need to minimize the annual average value of the deal so that they did not exceed the Competitive Balance Tax Threshold in Year 1, when they would be subject to a 50% tax rate on marginal salary spending above the tax threshold. ** Mateo had the right to opt out of the remaining 3 years of his contract following the Year 2 season In addition to salary payments during the first five years, the Braves were offering three annual deferred payments of $16 million beginning in Year 11 , at which time the team anticipated they would have increased cash flow from a more favorable local TV deal