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Surprised this is taking so long, usually is ominous in trades.

No I wouldn’t.

I would not have paid this.

😭 Connor Williams, whom I wanted to get in FA for Center, has torn his ACL.

100% agree with this. I think in the past the thought was that deferred money could help smaller revenue clubs afford big talent. Now it's broken wide open a new loophole to help bigger revenue teams avoid a tax hit (which removes additional resources from them and spreads revenue to smaller teams). Maybe this truly is unique to Shohei, but I'd rather not see. I'm generally fine with baseball's competitiveness, but if this breaks open a new super team era (concentrated to the best markets) while also living with the extremely boring offseasons, it will be brutal.

Lux is a brainworm that entered soxtalk in 2019 and has not left since. We'll sign him when he's 36 and providing 80 wRC+

Teams are mostly around the salary cap, milwaukee and denver have the best players in the world. No idea what you are talking about.

Yes because there is no other leagues we can look at with this structure to see how it would function.

I’m back on the bulls, baby!

We could maybe pull a china and put all of US on eastern time to crush that advantage.

For me this is obnoxious less because of haves and have nots parity, though I do think this breaks a system that had worked pretty well. But there are some inherent advantages the west coast teams have. Big cities, yes. Nice places to live. Yes, the home town of a ton of baseball players…yes. They also have a huge advantage with the Asian markets because of straight up geography. The games would play at a reasonable hour in Japan. They haven’t exclusively owned this market, but for top players it’s an uphill battle. What are the downsides? Well taxes, both luxury and state. He circumvents these in a way that obliterates the luxury tax which had proven powerful - yanks and dodgers have dipped under multiple times now. Will every player do this? No, but for players who have additional revenue streams, I.e. the best players, they can now put their thumb on the scales for a super team without losing much - The net present value of the Ohtani deal is still massive. Maybe it was beaten by blue jays, but still most ever. Welcome to the nba super team era of the nba - where places players most want to play have found a situation where they can easily fit multiple guys. Oh and they can still afford massive pd and scouting operations. Let’s do salary cap. Sorry players. I care more about an entertaining game in this artificial economy than supporting a low stakes power struggle.

I wonder if it’s possible to have an opinion on baseball that isn’t solely based on how it reflects on Reinsdorfs ownership

I’m not gonna lie. I actually hate this and think they should fix this in a way that fucks over the dodgers retroactively.

I think two worries I have is just the difference in baseball size and the pre-tacked ball of Japan. These things won't have monstrous effects, they will be marginal, but when you are paying a guy to be Gerrit Cole it'd be nice to know what he looks like with the same equipment. Again, I don't think he's not special or a big prospect, just surprised if he gets the kind of contract a top pitcher would get. The lower risk from his age has other risks negating that.

How dare they do that instead of just tweeting out publicly available info with the word "fabulous" added.

Yeah I have no doubt this guy is awesome, but regardless it has not yet officially translated to the MLB. I'd be extremely nervous to pay full price for someone who has not literally shown they can dominate mlb hitters. I do wonder what Shohei would have gotten had he been 25 when he came over.

I don't really have a strong opinion on what to do with fields. I lean toward drafting a QB, but I do like him a lot despite it all. But earlier in the year one of the common refrains was showing how obvious it was that you should build a super team like Detroit and you can see how much better the QB gets. Goff is a top 20 qb. He's capable of doing a lot on the field. But we did see why a team moved on was when it was the best of the best he wasn't good enough. I thought it would take until jan for the stakes to remind people of what a top QB can be. Purdy will still be pointed to, but who knows with him. I would just say that if your team stays super healthy it looks easy. With Fields, I still worry that when game script goes off he doesn't seem to fight through it well. ANd I don't think that's a good trait for playoff teams. Funny how every year in the NFL i forget how long the season is and how quickly it can change. After the broncos game I thought how on earth could this get worse. Win just two games in a row and you think "this winning will never end"

Pretty wild the talent Curacao has put out recently for such a teeny island. Haven't really hit well on brothers yet but bloodlines would be probably the smartest thing to bet on with a 16 year old.

One of the funnier parts is just how annoyed some fans were that the holding call in the super bowl decided the game rather than letting the players play. That benefitted KC, but also, that penalty was in the flow of the play where you could decide to call or not. He brought up that this didn't affect the success of the play, but on the other hand, it was called right away. The ref would have had no idea what was about to happen. That said, all the top athletes are psychopaths like this. They hate losing. I agree its a bad look but on the other hand it's not surprising.

heh, maybe a telephone game of hearing "chicago" Still - very encouraging.

I would be surprised by this. Heyman tends to report from the agent side so I'm skeptical.

Especially since Toney has done so many stupid things in football games, i'd be livid.

I enjoy Bruce trying to recite dodger prospects

Yeah, the other thing is just when fields takes a negative play it’s like a 15 yard loss, and they happen a lot. But he was nails late in the game, on a few of those first downs. Liked seeing that

It is good news that our draft picks are starting to perform on defense. OTOH a bit nervous Eberflus returns.