poppysox

I agree that we will be in the Rodon sweepstakes unless the FO has health issue knowledge that discourages them. The 6 man rotation seems very reasonable when considering how the modern starter finds the old 200 innings standard a wearing experience. The Katz relationship has to be a good tie-breaker IMO.

Good Show!

If you read my post you will find I side with no one. Yes, I do point out that both sides of this argument are to blame. This discussion started with someone using bogus numbers which I called him on. You do the same thing every day.

Thank you.

The minors are not part of this discussion...we are discussing Major League players. You obviously want to cast ownership in the same negative light as you accuse me of painting the players. No matter how you try to spin it...You are simply wrong with the 25% guesstimate you used in the original post.

Yep..it's a hobby for them.

In my opinion that is the most believable excuse for his terrible performance. I hope that's it anyway.

Just like you and I... the houses and stocks and bonds, etc. all become part of their net worth. As you know, many people are millionaires who never had a 100 thousand per year job. By my count, the WS club has 22 multi-millionaires who are on the major league roster. If those 22 players are not millionaires they really should cut down on the fast food and high-priced women.

I would hope you are correct but most folks here have some doubts. I actually have spoken of being confident that RH would not have extended him without being very sure he can unload for a decent value. After all...he could have bought himself out of the problem for $1 million. I still will feel better once the deed has been accomplished.

FYI...I don't send angry tweets.

In the case of Kimbrel, I hope you are wrong. If it wasn't a jacked ball or a shortened season we have no story to help sell him.

So what is the explanation for the wild variations in both players' performances?

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I was suggesting the first half of the season to the second.

I find it impractical to explore all rosters in baseball when responding to a forum statement. The use of the current WS roster was to refute Tnetennba's point of 75% of players are not millionaires...is just not accurate. These employees vs employer debates are useless since people have preconceived opinions of who is right or wrong. We all have our biases even though many claims to be impartial.

When you consider the 2nd half hitting of Hernandez and the 2nd half pitching of Kimbrel...Holy S**t Batman.

There are 16 multi-millionaires on the WS roster and of the players pre-arb... 6 of those guys had signing bonuses in excess of 1 million.

I probably post 25% of my usual pace but you are correct that it's not at 0% yet.

As I have said before...I'm not going to lose any sleep over the millionaire players or the billionaire owners. I'll watch and play golf and let them worry about their differences. They aren't worried about me and I won't spend any time worrying about them.

Both sides need a work stoppage to prove they are really serious. After a few weeks of not talking they will get together again and agree it looks hopeless. Somewhere in late January, they will announce we are in danger of a delay in Spring games and pushing back the season. When the players realize the paychecks aren't coming and the owners can't sell tickets they will get serious on both sides. Very predictable and aggravating to the fan who just wants to watch his team and dream of titles.

So where is Kimbrel going?

We shouldn't need to kick in anything IMO. To be honest...just like most Sox fans, I would happily kick in a sweetener just to be rid of the Kimbrel problem. There are no available 2nd basemen that get me excited.

Why not make a trade that both teams probably could see as improving their current team?

They love Kimbrel. Seems like a match made in Heaven. A scrub 2nd stringer for the best closer in baseball. No brainer!

It's not too late to offer Kimbrel to the Cubs for Madrigal.