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So, I can have a 26 year old superstar, or a 29 year old reliever who can't throw strikes anymore. Hmmmmm.
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It means they will probably choose not to - but that is a Hal problem. The Yankees can afford anything they want. Flags fly forever - games aren't played today for three years from now. The chances to win titles are special and it is derelict to not to push your chips in when that chance is there. (and the chips are there)
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The value per win is different by team - and sometimes during the season. I mean, JD Martinez was a 3 or 4 win improvement over the incumbent DHs ... but those wins were immensely valuable to the Red Sox because he literally solved their only weakness. For a team like Philadelphia, 3 or 4 extra wins could get them to MAKE THE PLAYOFFS which is another new revenue stream - one which the owners get a much larger slice of. The marginal value of those extra wins is enormous. Now for a non contender, your math is right. Also - baseball is fun and great baseball players are worth watching. Now the playoffs are largely a crapshoot - but MAKING THE PLAYOFFS is not.
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When the top 3 free agents are unsigned entering the season - that is the definition of teams not trying to improve. You might want the owners to keep all the money entering the system and just sit on profits - I do not. Baseball pays its players a smaller slice of the pie than any other sport. And any offseason this dull is bad for everyone - the players and the fans, and industry popularity. And - TV pays for mostly everything. The fans pay for quite a bit - but it's small relative to TV (though fans watching obviously is critical there). Most of these players came from nothing. Hal Steinbrenner's biggest accomplishment was not being an uberdouche to his dad.
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Are they? They dumped salary in the offseason already - yet they are on the cusp of making a leap. They are the sort of team who benefits a ton from the marginal wins a stud would provide.
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This makes sense in theory - but flags fly forever, and signing a 26 year old already-really good player aligns perfectly with the other guys. If they punt on this, it's good for us - so I weep for nobody.
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The Yankees built an impregnable bullpen which then barfed out a near 5.00 ERA in the ALDS ... so the expertise there is meh.
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I just want the sense the owner is doing everything the can to win. Hal is doing - less than that. Yay!
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of course they are. They are not the only problem - the Phillies are in some ways worse - but sure they are a problem.
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The Dodgers with their new ownership got an enormous TV deal - their revenue jumped. The Red Sox have always been pretty generous. Now is more aggressive than they have been - but it's always been pretty good. The Yankees thing is really funny to me. They are loaded - and there is a chance to make a significant improvement in the infield in a position where the marginal wins are incredibly valuable, and all it costs is money. And yet, they sit out and their fans seem way too okay with that. Now I still think there is a 30% chance they sign Machado because who knows - but it's striking.
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They are a crapshoot - it's why teams have so much turnover there. Now there are relievers who are reliable - but it's a relatively small number. I mean Kimbrel had a good season in spots last year - but late last year he was flat out not good. Since relievers pitch in short stretches often in higher leverage spots, small changes can lead to very volatile results.
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The Yankees spend 29% ... the Red Sox and Dodgers spend closer to 50% (at least based on last Forbes report). It's cute that the Yankees treat the luxury tax tiers as a salary cap - but it's their choice, they can afford any of these big players.
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Yankees spend 29% of their revenue on players - 29th in the league (or thereabouts). A way to tell that it has gone down is that their payroll has not increased at the rate of the revenue influxes. Also - like the Sox - they own their own media property, which involves money which might not even be tracked properly. I mean they are getting a cut of the take on Brooklyn Nets games too. The Yankees will ALWAYS be able to afford more players than other teams - their revenue is just much much higher. But they are choosing to pocket a lot of that - and pay for the stadium which is obviously forcing Hal to turn to payday loans.
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Longoria is not a very good example - injuries kicked in for him. That is a fair question for Harper - Machado has been very durable. Any contract can go bad - but as far as playing the percentages go, 26 year olds are a pretty good breed. I bet the Rays would do that again given the information they had then 10 times out of 10 - not all good ideas work.
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It made me realize Hal Steinbrenner is a Scrooge
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Here is the thing with Machado or Harper. At this point they are being undervalued relative to production. Normally a team like the Padres or White Sox doesn't make sense. However, they are so young - and the team expects to have a bunch of solid players on cheapo entry deals, that it actually matches their schedule quite nicely. Now, if the Phillies don't end up with one of them, that is a massive organizational failing. I still half expect the Yankees to nab Machado - frankly it is derelict they have not already.
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Padres are better off just trying to sign Machado or just leave the spot open if Tatis is ready to arrive.
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These small market teams get almost $100M before a ticket is sold, and that does not count team to team revenue sharing. The players have almost nothing to do with what fans pay. That is entirely supply-demand. Really things to change attendance wouldn't help all that much. It's local television that is the great unequalizer.
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A lot of them are in settlement - the arbitration process is pretty flawed and determined by baseball card stats
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Is there an epidemic of teenagers entering the league? In either case, you revise the Rule V protections rules to disincentivize that.
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Maybe, maybe not - keeping them in the minors reduces ROI for the major league team. Ultimately now salaries are being suppressed because there is mechanism forcing owners not to.
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at minimum - I'd push for restricted FA after 3 years, unrestricted after 4.
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The players absolutely should demand a large increase in the minimum wage. That is obvious. What is best for competitive balance is lots of teams being able to compete for players. That requires teams trying to win and spending some of that giant pool of money they get before a ticket is ever sold. Right now there is not a forcing mechanism there - like a revenue guarantee, a global salary cap if not a local one. The players erred by not forcing that and this is the repercussion. I am also genuinely amused at the matter of fact defense of the Yankees being in the bottom 5 of % revenue spent on baseball players by vocal Yankee fans.
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2018 ESPN Prospects Stuff (Sox Related)
sk7326 replied to sk7326's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
Deep dive: http://insider.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/25893794/al-east-prospect-guide-watch-red-sox-yankees-blue-jays-rays-orioles -
2018 ESPN Prospects Stuff (Sox Related)
sk7326 replied to sk7326's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
They will have to resort to the old "spend money they are rolling around in" strategy for a bit ... see if the IFAs hit. Obviously Casas and Gilberto Jimenez are super interesting. As I note a lot, every team faces this ... it is at least good to know there is talent coming in and the team has not gotten cheap in the IFA market. His blurb on the Brewers (#25) gets to my feelings 25. Milwaukee Brewers 2018 rank: 8 .