Bellhorn04
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OK, that would be a gain of about $1 million per player. It's a lot of money for the ones who never make it to arbitration years and go on to sell insurance or whatever. But no, I'm not sold that in the big picture that it's the giant difference maker you're suggesting.
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This season is already just about guaranteed to be an effed up one. Aside from the late start of spring training, there are still a pile of unsigned players.
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I don't think the richer owners have changed their ways all that much. The Red Sox went into tax purgatory in 2018-2019. And the 2021 Dodgers went ballistic!
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Only a select few get the mega deals, but most players have the free agency payday dream. For some that might mean a $15 million deal instead of a $10 million deal, but for them it would be a big difference. By comparison bumping the minimum wage from $550 K to $750 K is not as much of a difference.
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Just having some fun, man. It's been pretty dry here lately. Where in the heck is Kimmi, anyway? She must be disgusted with the lockout.
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And there's only one explanation. Owners are still making piles of money even with all the albatross contracts. And most of them try to please their fans to some degree to keep those dollars rolling in. The bottom line is that the fans foot the bill for all of it!
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Why not just go the full distance and re-allocate revenues so that every team has the same amount of money? Then everything would be nice and fair!
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None. They're not going to agree to any "standard rates" like that. Free agency is all about being an auction. We're talking about a capitalistic enterprise here.
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Under that scheme, how are teams going to outbid each other for the elite free agents?
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I think they have passed on other players because of Cole's deal, sure. But it's all up to them how they divide their budget pie.
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Isn't that "protecting the owners from themselves"? Nobody put a gun to the Yankees' heads to force them to pay Cole $36 mill * 9.
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Meanwhile I'm still stunned by the Rangers' fresh investment of half a billion in Seager and Semien. How can the owners argue plausibly about fiscal conservatism after that?
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Hey, don't forget Strasburg. 7 years, 245 million 2020-2026 - more money than Price. In the first 1.4 years of that deal, the Nats have gotten a total of 26.2 innings out of him with an ERA of 5.74. And he turns 34 in July.
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I've never suggested that Mookie's size would have anything to do with him regressing. But it's a fact that he had a multiplicity of little injuries this year that combined to keep him off the field for 40 games. And he turns 30 in October, with 10 more years on his contract after this year. These contracts are just ridiculously long, it's as simple as that.
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I get that. But Mookie is not a sure thing going forward either. Nobody is. Aging and injuries can turn anyone into a bad investment quickly. Mookie is #2 to Trout's #1. Trout might be one of the 5 best players of all time. And Trout played 36 games this year. Who can say if he now has a health issue that will plague him the rest of the way? No one is exempt.
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You seem quite convinced that's going to happen. And your argument is pretty simplistic. This franchise has already overpaid plenty of guys and survived it. They flushed a quarter billion on Pablo, Hanley and Rusney. If you think they're going to jump in on a $300 mill guy like Correa any day, you might be waiting a long time.
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Mookie missed 40 games in the first year of his 12 year extension. Some might call that a sign of the risks right there.
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I thought you'd like puffery. I was in the Arts program with an English Lit major before I turned to accounting.
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I really don't think they were happy about it. They were in a bad spot, acted out of desperation and the result was less than a disaster, so if that's happiness, then I guess they were happy.
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Sorry, but I find that a distasteful hypothetical.
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Trading Mookie cut 27 mill from the payroll. Trading Price cut 15 mill. Not sure I follow your logic.
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Sure, but saying he has the ceiling of a middle reliever doesn't seem like outright puffery, IMHO...
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I don't know, but the fact he can get it up to 99 would seem to indicate he has a chance.
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So you're suggesting they might as well not even bother with reports after reaching a certain number...
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Well, not to re-litigate, but signing him to an extension would have been okay...
