poppysox

I do not doubt that control is already worked out. No way Jerry is in charge once the smoke clears. JR needs to work out his capital gains issue...not hang on to do nothing.

Yep!

Baseball has created a system in which a team or two can afford to spend above the cap while others choose to play small ball. The illusion that any team can win isn't there anymore. I have no idea where tomorrow's fans will be coming from.

Agreed! Jerry could seed managing partner responsibility without any tax consequence. The rest of the sale could be completed after Jerry passes. Ishiba isn't spending additional money to continue being a minority partner.

He's the guy I am in on as well.

A "BIG DAY" in the Poppysox household today. Canceled my MLB.TV subscription today. Between blackouts and JR's indifference... the only way I know is to cast a protest vote.

It will be interesting if a new manager affects some of these guys through better usage,

This was uplifting. Thanks for posting it.

Wow!!! What a relief.

Maldonado was a very big boat.

Ricky Henderson showed us older guys how much offensive a top-shelf runner can produce. It was also highly entertaining for the fans.

After all these turnarounds...this team is going to be very good.

There's not much point in being a fan if we think everything they do is bound to fail.

I prefer a zillionaire that doesn't need to organize a group. Someone who looks at the cap as something to be aware of but isn't paralyzed by it.

I am very optimistic about this kid. My kind of player.

Well sadly...it did not go right.

Take it up with the MLB evaluators. I haven't seen any of them play so obviously I don't have first hand knowledge.

It changes a fan's interest in watching a game occasionally. I presume the major league coaches are the best we have so I'm not buying the lack of development argument. Service time is an ongoing discussion that I see both sides of.

Hopefully, Quero, Montgomery, Schultz Smith, and Elder would all potentially make the 2025 roster. MLB thinks so.

I believe you can build for the future while entertaining in the present. Minor league teams mostly draw fans with no stars to draw the customers. This team can bring up two or more of their top-tier prospects. They can sign some affordable over-the-hill additions like Veeck did with the 1977 team. It's not me I'm worried about. It's the kids who will find something else to keep them busy. No fans...no game eventually.

If we don't see talent on the field very soon this board will be a ghost town. As I said in an earlier post...the Cubs survived being last place awful for years but they had stars like Banks, Williams, and Santo to keep young fans thinking a great team is just around the corner. Lots of hitting and homers. Today those types of players would be unattainable for this club wanting to run a 50 M payroll. Whatever method ownership wants to use going forward...it needs to put something entertaining on the field.

Correct... there is nothing guaranteed whichever plan people prefer. That's why I don't try to debate with people who disagree. I will get what the baseball professionals decide and try to see their reasoning.

Yes...a major disappointment. More or less why I stopped discussing him about two years ago.

He was graded by major league scouts as the most complete hitter in his year's draft class. Others claimed he was the player closest to major league-ready. Injuries and whatever have made it look like a bad pick that hasn't worked out. I think Moncada is a far bigger miss' All of this missing on draft picks is one of the reasons I would prefer our guys be major league-ready rather than 3 or 4 years away.

His lifetime batting average is .274...sounds pretty good from what I've been seeing.