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Yankees willing to add multiple opt-outs in their Cody Bellinger pursuit | New York Post behind a paywall. I don't subscribe. MLBTR has a big write up White Sox Interested In Michael Conforto - MLB Trade Rumors

33 years old and bad. Mehhhhh

Apparently Heyman is still on Boras’s payroll to sell even his crappiest of free agents.

Fuller'll fix 'em

I was hoping this was about Colson being listed in the MLB Network's Top 100.

He’s old, bad, and cheap. Not surprising.

The Dodgers turned Lux into Mike Sirota and the 41st pick in last summer’s draft. One year later the Reds turn Lux into Brock freaking Burke. Think the Reds want a redo on that original trade? They do it without spending money too.

Link?

Hahahahaha

Slow news lately so I'll mention it. It is in one of his articles from the last day.

The teams in forever rebuilds have more problems than just money. Its ineptitude. Pittsburgh, Colorado, Angels. I think the Sox are finally making the right moves and are digging themselves out of the hole. When Jerry is no longer invested in the team and Ishbia comes on the scene, we will be in much better shape. The foundation is being laid for long term success. On the topic of viewership, while it has risen, the league does need to make it less difficult to watch. Honestly this extends beyond just baseball, but there's no reason MLB can't be the leaders in this. Make every team accessible to watch no matter where someone lives and put it on one source. Stop dicking around with all the different media companies. (I know, obviously that's where the money is at).

NW IN is closer to Chicago than Arlington Heights. I don't get the can't be in IN talk. I would say NW IN is part of Chicagoland. It is right across the border.

While he’s obviously not on Ohtani’s level, hopefully Murakami starts a new era for the Sox.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25261796-dodgers-reportedly-earned-entirety-shohei-ohtanis-700m-contract-1st-season 🥲 f*** you Jerry Reinsdorf, f*** you.

The winning teams viewership has to outweigh the teams who can't have nice things or in a forever rebuild. With price of streaming that will always go up eventually people just stop. I can no longer justify the price of even a spring training ticket. How many people can turn on a TV to watch a game without having an upgrade type package. It still lags compared to the NFL and NBA. Post season wins matter. The Brewers are the best record team that falls short.

is twitter down for anyone else? can't load tweets in the app or in browser

I mean it's not theoretical, it's real. Spending 4 times the amount won them 93 games, only 3 more than San Diego. You'd think all this money would win them like 130 games a season or something but it doesn't. So while spending money certainly helps, it isn't everything. Milwaukee won 97 games last year, won their division by 5 games. Small market team in a division with a large market team. There are other examples. Until the data represents the Dodgers spending an exorbitant amount of money on players equals them singlehandedly monopolizing the league year after year after year through wins and championships, to answer your question yes I am completely fine with them being able to spend 4x the amount of other teams.

It's a great example of management who looks their employees straight in the eyes and effectively tells them, sure I could be doing more, but why aren't YOU doing more.

that's also what happens when a fan buys a ticket

with the amount of Japanese money coming in, I would be surprised if they don't have the most money

Let’s see some movement here. Mets lose out on an OF, Reds moved a guy who saw a good amount of time in the OF last year, and we had the Yankees rumor earlier this week (probably a plant for Bellinger’s market, who’s also still out there for Mets).

So as long as they are theoretically “beatable” you are ok with a team being able to spend +4x the amount as certain small market teams?

The Cubs dumped Tucker for an older and less expensive bat. The White Sox think spending $34 million plus a posting fee on a player is a big deal. The fact is that all of these teams could spend more if they wanted to but still aren’t. You should be more upset with those teams than the Dodgers who make their fans happy by spending big.

They have built two domes so i wouldn't doubt it.

I wonder what the main details of the Indiana stadium bill are. Do the Bears get a sweetheart deal where they keep the ticket sales revenue, concessions and parking? I can't find that information anywhere. I know the offer is to have the Bears own the stadium after paying off the debt. I don't when that will be.