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Yes, the CBT could go up higher than they'd like in the short term if the conceded more to the players, but they run the risk of turning off many fair weather fans that will find something else to do with their time/money going forward.

It would be cool, but I don't see how they'd get a tv deal, which is where a lot of the money should come from. I think a barnstorming league would be interesting in this day and age. Players would probably market themselves better than MLB did anyway.

Cancelling the first two series is basically saying they are so far apart that there is no chance to get an agreement in a week. Thanks to the "last and best" MLB offer, we are going to be in a holding pattern where they just start lopping off series until the NLRB can help finish this.

I think MiLB can be an exciting game. It's definitely not a tv ready viewing though. If you complain about Raffy's bad throws, Dalbec's defense at 1b or Xander's lack of range, just wait until you see the younger guys. Woof.

If they have to go outside to settle this, it will take a few weeks. This means Opening Day would most likely not be until 4/15.

If ownership is choosing to no longer bargain, it's hard to continue to complain about the players.

@JeffPassan MLB's best-and-final offer: - No changes to CBT thresholds (220/220/220/224/230) - A $5M increase on pre-arb bonus pool from $25M to $30M - An increase of minimums from $675K to $700K, moving up $10K/year If it's their "best and final" then we won't have baseball for a while. This may go to the NLRB.

I'm thankful for everyone who posted the reminder to cancel.

Yes! And if they get hurt digging graves, that's on them! They still need to keep in shape throughout the offseason and workout 10-20 hours a week too! It's what they chose to do! Why is that the fault of our beautiful owners?!?!

Unless they are covered in soot and wearing sack cloth, they aren't poor! They are playing a KIDS GAME and are lucky to be paid for it! If they don't like it they can go flip burgers at my local Culvers that hires at $15/hr!

I can't even watch tweens play at this point. They are all just in it for the money and the post game snacks. I pulled my kids out of baseball this year because it's just too commercial. If it's not played on a dirt lot, it's not true baseball.

I don't think Billy Martin's number was retired for his playing career. I don't think Managers should have their numbers retired. I also don't think Managers should even have numbers on their jerseys. Should they even wear jerseys?

Worcester Red Sox Opening Day: April 5 Portland Sea Dogs Opening Day: April 8 Greenville Drive Opening Day: April 8 Salem Red Sox Opening Day: April 8

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/mlb-reportedly-indicates-willingness-to-miss-a-month-of-regular-season-games.html MLB’s self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement with the Players Association is today, and Evan Drellich, Ken Rosenthal and Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic report that the league took a “more threatening” tone to the MLBPA today and voiced a willingness to miss a month’s worth of regular-season games.

From the Passan article: Sports is a unique industry. Typically, workers make a product. In baseball, they are the product. The game of baseball is the framework, and in it exists two classes: players and owners. Players spend their entire lives chasing the major leagues. Just making it there is improbable. Staying long enough to make life-changing money is a miracle. Owners, on the other hand -- at least those who don't inherit their teams -- join the baseball world just as they would a country club: by buying membership. If you went and got the next 1,200 best players in the world, the product would suffer greatly. If you handed MLB teams over to any 30 competent businesspeople, the sport would not suffer. Actually, it might improve. It doesn't take a billionaire to leverage a spot in a legalized monopoly with profound built-in revenues. The Yankees are not the Yankees if Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra don't win. Without the best players, they aren't in the World Series, and without championships, they're little more than an organization in a big market whose laundry features pinstripes. One would think, then, that a league would recognize that its profits exist because of Shohei Ohtani, Fernando Tatis Jr., Mike Trout, Juan Soto, Mookie Betts, Ronald Acuña Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and others -- and would see players' concerns about the state of the game not as trivial or excessive or outrageous, but vital.

Nettles said he was given the bat on the previous trip to Chicago. His WRC+ from that trip through the broken bat was 133. Too bad there is no video of it on the internet.

Yes, it was mentioned before.

They need to redefine what a check swing is first.

I had 100% forgotten about this story.

Anyone who has looked at it more closely than "millionaires vs billionaires" can see where to lay most of the blame here.

Wrong forum.

I think the regular season is too long. I'm not rooting for lost games though. I think Opening Day should be April 15th going forward.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33362477/inside-self-inflicted-crisis-boiling-mlb-lockout-deadline-arrives Good overview from Jeff Passan.

Yes, it should be 100% tied to revenue.

It does seem like the smaller markets are carrying a lot more weight.