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I really am not sure how you could argue the draft would kill bonuses more than the last one. Top 30 players it will be very similar, the rest were already in the meat grinder.

I'm not gonna lie, I kinda agree. It will be hard to argue to hold out for more considering the percent raises so many would get and what is likely to be a frothy market to follow the end of the lockout. BUT the introduction of an INTL draft likely just needs to be executed through. Players already gave up the goose in terms of Compensation to that group of players with the hard cap budget, but freedom of movement now would be taken away. That said, hard to give up all that for some 16 year olds and I think they all know this system sucks.

This seems reasonable. I’m sure harsher penalties. Hope this wraps it up.

Today might be the last day to get a full season of baseball in and nobody cares and is talking about the nfl and it's the offseason for that sport.

I actually think it's a no brainer deal for where they are and what the QB situation is in this draft. Their team is young and talented but you don't stay young and talented for long so they would be on the road to rebuild without any sort of QB sooner or later.

Best of luck to Codi

looks like the idea that seahawks would trade Wilson wasn't so 'stoopid' after all.

I guess I'm just less convinced then ever that correlates to winning. I kinda want to give the yanks enough rope to hang themselves. I'd rather dodgers go gangbusters in free agency then their spending on like 6 GMs within their front office at one point. That disparity is a lot harder to overcome for the white sox, but likely diminishing returns since the Rays can keep up. If smaller owners pushed for a front office spending cap, likely a much bigger wedge in the disparity of outcomes.

Have fun dude

You should ask the players whether they will offer non-guaranteed contracts on the table in exchange for higher share of revenue since it doesn't matter.

MLB contracts are guaranteed and their benefits are much more generous than NFLs.

That's the same thing though.

Eh, don't mess with the NFL's golden goose and expect to get off lightly, Cal.

I mean, exactly. You weren't re-signing your stars at a cbt of $210M, Oakland Athletics. It won't change if you raise the minimum CBT to 225 or 230.

He makes it look so easy they don't recognize the adjustment. If he could just adjust his health.

Eh. Isn't the bigger problem that the MLB has the worst marketing engine of any of the major sports? Some of that is structural, there are only 16 games in football and it's all high drama. But before we try to re-do everything, maybe the MLB could try to make Mike Trout a household name? What are they doing to promote Juan Soto? They have more exciting young talent than in recent memory don't do anything to make people want to watch. Instead manfred blamed Trout for being boring.

Yeah. Odds are I jump back into place where I was at end of last season. But maybe not, I was drawing blanks on who was even in our bullpen last week. I coulnd't remember any free agents until I looked it up. who knows what happens when they stop giving obssessives things to be entertained by. I think Baseball may be run by the obssessives more than most leagues right now. Play around with them at your peril

Dirt and grass, two things that are also more slippery when wet.

have we ever discussed on this board the controversial use of El Rancho chips for the nachos at GRF? good news

Just went through all the free agents again. Couple thoughts: - I can't believe Billy McKinnie is only 27. - Man Tauchmann had a horrible, horrible year last year. Crazy after he was traded how much better we were with Brian Goodwin. - Wild how Albert Almora went from a pretty consistently high 17% k rate guy to 31% krate but didn't improve in power or anything. - What's left is like a rick hahn jubilee of powerful corner outfield types. I imagine his reaction to this market is like if someone logged on late to their fantasy draft and can't believe there are still all the defense and kickers left.

Well you are walking into my favorite argument of the single most coddled franchise in baseball, the St Louis Cardinals.

Yeah it's kind of a slight of hand. In terms of baseball markets, better to look at things like "metro areas". But even those have limitations. That said, Miami - Ft Lauderdale - Palm beach metro area is 8th. Phx metro area is 11th, Detroit 14th.

Trash

Well what kind of chips were they?