sk7326
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Everything posted by sk7326
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And the 2004 team did hard liquor shots before games. If they won, it would have been seen as quaint.
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I fully expect the new CBA will feature mechanisms that guarantee a minimum share of revenue leaguewide to go to players. Right now, if I read correctly, baseball spends the lowest amount of their revenue on players (something like 42%). I mean each team got $50M from the new digital rights deal, and yet only TAMPA BAY has been genuinely aggressive this offseason trying to jump to the next level. I also think if the league is going to keep a punitive luxury tax - then the players will push for eliminating salary arbitration (possibly accepting an actual salary cap depending on how it looks). Replace arbitration with a year of restricted free agency (offer sheets). It will be good for everybody in a lot of ways - the winter meetings being such a dud is bad for baseball.
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The next 3 years should still field solid contenders. As I've noted before - no point worrying about say 4 seasons from now ... this system won't stay in place.
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The Yankees spend barely a 1/3 of their revenue on players - if they think that Machado-Andujar is not a better infield for the next 5 years for the money than Andujar and Vogt/Bird, I can't (and will happily not) help them. Now, I am not saying the Yankees won't sneak in on Machado - anything is possible - but it is silly for them to be sitting out entirely.
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There probably is - they of all teams are in no position to treat the tax limit like a salary cap.
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It seems likely - though Tampa has been very aggressive and absolutely has a chance of beating at least one of them in the standings. I would not bet it - but it would not shock me either.
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I am grateful Hal is pocketing his money.
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I will be curious what happens to Bogaerts - I could easily see (based on this offseason and Boras being a very very smart man) Bogey taking a 2 year deal and betting on a brand new CBA.
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It might not - Paxton makes it a net plus. I think the Red Sox are better - though they did overperform their run differential (a run differential of a 103 win team iirc, so we performed monstrously anyway). The Yankees have basically added a legit starter and tinkered along the edges. As I've noted before, I am surprised they have not been more aggressive - it shows the difference in ownership approaches than days of yore.
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18th in fWAR since 1940 for those players before their age 26 season. (to give you an idea, Mookie is 19th, Machado is 21st, Mike Trout is #1) Of the 17 guys above him 11 are in the Hall of Fame 5 of the other 6 are named Pujols, A-Rod, Bonds, Trout and Andruw Jones. Those are 4 clear HoF likely guys and one who certainly has a worthy argument. Guys of his and Machado's ilk just don't get to unrestricted free agency. The hype is warranted.
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You got a return to form from Lester and Buchholz - and Lackey. And Peavy being added midseason - though he was more useful in the regular season
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The Red Sox could be qualitatively the exact same team they were a year ago and not win 108 again. They were awesome but still also overperformed their run differential.
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with Victorino there were a couple of things which worked 1. He was no longer a good CF, but still good enough to be an excellent RF. A lot of his WAR was defensively based 2. His shoulder caused him to not switch-hit, which meant he was not hitting from his weaker side. Victorino was magnificent - the odds the deal would deliver 3 good years was very low, but it delivered one great one which paid for the other two. Ellsbury quietly had a terrific season - perhaps his best all around season (he hit better in 2011). The Red Sox bet correctly that at his age and with his injury history - there was no value in extending him. But Ellsbury was arguably the best CF not named Mike Trout in the league that season.
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I think that is possible, but I like the Yankees moves a little better. Now they have seemed too cheap to go after Machado, and I find that fortunate and a little astounding.
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Right now - being pragmatic - the Yankees have closed the gap on paper with Boston. Paxton is a significant boost to the team's biggest weakness, and Ottavino helps the bullpen. The Red Sox have not enhanced the 2018 roster, and is probably losing Kelly and Kimbrel. (how much that hurts is hard to tell) We're lucky that Hal is content to pocket the Bombers' revenue instead of actually attacking this tremendous free agent class with more vigor. But that dig applies to all 30 teams to some degree or another. Boston is counting on more internal improvement - that the October Devers shows a guy who has turned a corner for instance.
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That team cannot be discounted. After all, it was the wire-to-wire best team in the league, and never faced an elimination game. In LF there was a high quality jobshare - which is inherently wobbly (like our 1B jobshare last year). The same goes with C. Really the 2013 season was just largely a matter of guys being healthy. There was some luck (there always is), but a lot of the 2012 problem was simply injuries.
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This is true ... now if a 26 year old FA without a significant injury history is not getting paid, then things are tough. Baseball is giving less of its revenue to players than other sports. Owners are being smart given the system etc. I have no doubt the system will change in a couple of years.
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Good for the Red Sox, bad for baseball in general. It beats a work stoppage - that will be a couple of years from now.
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Right - it is good to see at least one team actually trying to win and not pocketing the TV money
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Not sure - it is interesting that they are clearly going for it this year.
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Yep. Wilson Ramos.
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Most likely the one who think he can catch.
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If they could ever escape that box they always seem trapped in ...
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We'll see what happens. I fully expect year 4 will be operating under different rules - though I'm not sure what they will be.
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Not one bit. There is an insane amount of money in the baseball economy.