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  1. notin
    As with any profession, the higher salaries are reserved for the (perceived) elite talents. Certainly a law student who aced his way through an Ivy League law school isn’t likely to be compensated the same as another student who struggled to make it through Barney’s School of Law and Grill.
  2. notin
    You don’t even have to go all the way to arbitration. Any player who gets drafted is free to negotiate with the drafting team in exchange for services. And while they cannot negotiate with other teams, they are free to negotiate with other leagues. Carter Stewart did this recently, forgoing MLB for Japan. But it’s not a new tactic. JD Drew and Luke Hochevar also did it and played in the Northern League got a year because they could not get the money they wanted from their respective drafting MLB teams. The slotting system doesn’t set pay rates for draft picks; it just sets a total budget for drafting teams…
  3. notin
    Other than Bobby Grich, who do you think belongs in the Hall that is not in?
  4. notin
    Sure there is. I suppose then instead of a corner OF, they’d be looking for a 2b. But it is easier to ramp up the offense with a corner outfielder…
  5. notin
    In wouldn’t hold my breath on a tumor started by SG. Granted, he’s working with the same level of info I am, do not sure if that underscores or dashes my credibility. But I think that got JBJ for one reason - to play CF. Maybe they use him to work Duran into the lineup. But I think primarily he is going to play CF. Right now all the Sox have for the corners is Verdugo and Duran. Not so sure it stays like that. But whoever this other corner OF is - Kris Bryant, Michael Conforto, Nick Castellanos, Manny Margot, whoever - it will be someone to make up all or part of the offense Renfroe took with him…
  6. notin
    What about the defensive upgrade?
  7. notin
    Like how Steve Piscotty wound up in Oakland? Piscotty is from the Bay Area, and when his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he asked the Cardinals if he could be dealt closer to home. For no reason that benefited their team, the Cardinsls dealt him to the A’s for two minor league utility infielders (one of whom was Yairo Munoz)…
  8. notin
    And if we stop proposing trades on Internet forums, it will stop this horrible practice in the real world, right?
  9. notin
    But they are free to bargain with the Northern League, KBO, NPB, the Japanese PCL, and, well, any of the numerous leagues on this list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organized_baseball_leagues Just like Carter Stewart did…
  10. notin
    Jim Kaat should have been enshrined long ago as well…
  11. notin
    It also helps you analogy if you pretend 1) MLB is 30 different companies and not one company 2) there are no other professional leagues 3) and they cannot negotiate their pay, which many somehow still do anyway…
  12. notin
    I had absolutely no idea any player drafted a Major League team was not allowed to pursue other opportunities for employment…
  13. notin
    There absolutely is something to anti-trust exemption negating the capitalistic aspect of it (although it’s not hard to argue that anti-trust exemption is just another economic feature to capitalize on.) But bare bones capitalism involves employee compensation through pre-determined wages in exchange for producing goods and/or services. In that respect, MLB does fit the bill. But your point is valid…
  14. notin
    Correct…
  15. notin
    I believe the expression is “not that there’s anything wrong with that.”
  16. notin
    That's Snagglepuss you're quoting. Also, not so sure he was straight...
  17. notin
    Try harder...
  18. notin
    Not really. MLB is a singular company, not 30 distinct ones. Plenty of people do not get to choose their division in their job, and certainly don’t get to choose who runs that division…
  19. notin
    So… like Walmart? Or Amazon? Or like lots of other companies. Really, almost all of them. Really the only difference is we all know who the CEO of Walmart and the CEO of Amazon and the CEO of Google is. Those are the famous people. They’re also the richest people in their own organization. Google CEO Sundar Pinchai makes more money than the people we actually interact with, like whoever created today’s Google doodle. In MLB, THAT is the reverse. I would have to go look up whoever owns the Texas Rangers. But I can name everyone who’s been in their starting lineup for the past umpteen years. So the money really goes hand in hand with the names we know. In all walks of life…
  20. notin
    But like the Sox, they’re still spending nearly $200mill annually, if not more. If the best argument is “but what about inflation?”, is that really all you have? I think fans of teams like Boston and the Yankees and the Dodgers sometimes moss the big picture in how h these teams spend and just demand that it be more and more…
  21. notin
    It’s out really unique? Isn’t that how every company works? The lowest paid people generate the money by building products or performing services. I’ve never heard of any company with any other structure…
  22. notin
    That’s how capitalism works. Do people think Jeff Bezos is personally grabbing items off the shelves and packaging them for delivery? I want to side with the players. But I can’t because their “union” doesn’t care about its lowest paid members. If they were trying to institute better conditions or pay for players in A ball instead of fighting to have anyone with a $20mill salary upped to $25million, I’d be more sympathetic. The baseball CBA is the Bible of Greed. It’s an endless struggle in which a couple hundred people cannot agree on how to divide up several billion dollars…
  23. notin
    You do realize Hal has been spending more than George ever did, right?
  24. notin
    I’m talking about trade where the team trades for prospects. The problem is, if there were any subsequent deals, the shut down didn’t give us a chance to see what they were. I can’t say it’s a good trade, but I see the logic behind it. And after questioning last of season and then seeing the team go to the ALCS, just because Bloom doesn’t think like me isn’t necessarily a bad thing….
  25. notin
    Always remember - at least half of that fuel is for outgoing trips…
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