mvp 78
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It's obvious that the owners are making good money off of these teams. Why else would there be a rush to sign FA's prior to the CBA expiring? Does this show that the owners believe the luxury tax penalties will either go away or at least the threshold would go up higher? It seems like there are a few strata of baseball owners: 1. large market, flushed with cash (LAD, BOS, NY, SF) 2. mid level teams that alternate between spending and being thrifty (TOR, ChiSox, TEX, DET, SD) 3. smaller market teams that rarely spend anything (PIT, TBR, OAK, MIA, CLE) How do the ownerships work together when it seems like there are competing interests in terms of how to manage payroll? Why would teams like LAD ever be ok with a luxury threshold? Is there something the lower level teams have in their back pocket that keeps their interests at the forefront?
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He's referring to Austin Wells, a beefy C who isn't great behind the dish. Maybe he sticks there for a while like Gary Sanchez, but he has DH written all over him without Yorke's hit tool.
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I forgot about that bad contract. I guess the Betts' deal is a steal these days!
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@NBCSEdgeBB Report: Correa asking for $330-350 million Betts 37.2 fWAR prior to signing his deal. Correa has 25.1 fWAR. Honestly, I'm not sure I'd give him $250M.
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@ChrisCotillo Some Red Sox news: Maverick Carter has been added to the Red Sox Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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On Yorke: "He's potentially a double-plus hitter with average power who can stay on the infield" If he can stay at 2b, that is the biggest win for this org.
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Mayer 15 Casas 19 Yorke 31 Duran 91 Yanks: Volpe 10 Peraza 55 Dominguez 87
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@BeyondtheMnstr Nick Yorke is now the No. 31 prospect in all of baseball, per @BaseballAmerica
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Giants wouldn't make that trade.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-baseball/supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-baseball-antitrust-immunity-idUSKCN0RZ1JV20151005 The Supreme Court stated as much with the A's/San Jose situation.
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So no games until 4/16 at 12 AM?
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The Oakland A's aren't allowed to move to San Jose because the Giants have a poop in their diaper and are cranky (aka antitrust exemption). If you take the poop out of the diaper, the Oakland A's could move to San Jose if they wanted to.
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The parallels between Congress and MLB Owners: universally reviled can't budget need to be saved from themselves laws don't apply to them move slower than molasses love saber rattling take the general public for granted
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It's not about a second league coming in for competition. Getting rid of the exemption would allow bargaining power to MiLB players and it would be easier for teams to move to a more lucrative market (the A's for example).
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^^^
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Looking forward to his cards exceeding Jasson Dominguez level.
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1. I don't trust Tony Clark because he f'd up last CBA. 2. I don't trust the owners because of their history of bad management.
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Yes, cheap teams will either keep arb players as long as possible. Extra years on the back end allow for them to either give below market salaries or trade the player with additional remaining years of control that increases trade value.
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They could have afforded Mookie. They didn't like the sticker price.
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If he's still turning profits, it's probably in part due to revenue sharing. Hard to say without actually seeing financials.
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I agree. Right now they are in a lull period of the offseason. Pitchers and catchers are supposed to report sometime the week of Valentine's Day. Talks should probably heat up the first few weeks of February. They should have a deal done within 30 days of that point.
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Who do the Jays retain? Do they build the team around Vlad Jr and Bichette 2? Would they be able to even keep both?
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You can see this as the Astros young core has moved on from HOU.
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Dombrowski decided to sign Eovaldi and a broken down Sale rather than re-sign Mookie. OR... they just didn't want to spend 300M+ on Mookie. JBJ left because he wanted to test the FA waters and the new GM didn't feel like he needed to keep JBJ around at that point. The new GM also determined that the young LFer was getting too expensive for his production. He wanted to spread the money out a little more.
