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BP became writer-owned in 2018 and has done a number of great things since to prove its value.

As much as I hate baseball right now please consider supporting baseball America, BP and fangraphs, who even the last few months have kept me entertained and don’t deserve this shit if the last few years.

The idea that the last 5 years have been difficult for mlb financials and that it is due to labor cost is so silly. And it points to his horrendous leadership in failing to nab the new revenue streams others have been so able to claim. And now he lets games be lost over labor disputes that frankly aren’t close to the level of disagreements in years past. Eat shit manfred.

I really don't want to hear about what good businessmen the owners are ever again.

There's no point giving a shit about the theatrics in the media. If there is meaningful progress in their last proposal it will get it closer to done.

When your pitchers include Lance Lynn...yes

Considering it was a 60-game season Jonathan Villar may have had the worst defensive season in history in 2020 He's not good. Only sample size can cover up his defense.

Yeah to be clear I think a conforto, etc if signed would not cost the new team a draft pick. More trying to understand if the teams that signed 'protected' free agents prior to december first did so knowing they could get a "get out of jail free card". I feel like teams that offer the QO and didn't re-sign should still get the draft comp, it just shouldn't be removed from another team.

I really worry about his defense there. He's a nice bench piece, but when he was placed full time at 2b in 2017 he was awful there and I think his neutral numbers since is just a factor of being played there sparsely. I don't feel like Philly is putting him at 1b and corner outfield all last year if he was really showing more range up the middle.

I know it's going away on the new one, but if it was signed under the old agreement does that old cba still carry over it's penalties for this draft?

I'd say Romy + Yolbert Sanchez should provide similar depth with higher upside. Sanchez is not Yolmer level but you may as well find out. BUt yes, there is no reason to sacrifice defense at 2b to stretch for slightly above average offense in Villar. We'll see what happens.

Not feeling amazing about the FA opportunities. 2b is completely lost. I am now mostly just rooting against Villar. I'd say Josh Harrison should have like 30+% odds and the favorite to go here.

That would be very disappointing.

I agree with this. He'll probably be a 4.5 era pitcher but has enough that you can imagine him getting a career year if things go right.

It will probably take me weeks to remember what even happened before december. It just took me 5 minutes to figure out who Lil Kimmy was referring to

One thing I am unclear on in these in-between years. If you signed a QO-offered free agent under the last CBA, would you still lose a draft pick under this new one (knock on wood)?

The thing is the effective luxury tax number is much lower when benefits are factored in. The Sox were really only one signing from it currently. So this is a big help to prevent being tapped out at deadline.

I don't know how to read that. They were offering Hassel, but that was in talks for Gallo.

While I couldn't point to any one thing Jeter was doing, he did come packaged with some excellent Yankees front office talent. They were in a rough situation moneywise/farm, and I think arrow is pointing up. I don't think he was much more than a face, but overall I think that he let people do their jobs was impressive. I don't think this is the last job Jeter gets in a baseball org.

Jose Valentin ?

My first thought when I saw Liberty media's run down is that George McCaskey is probably watching. They opened up several multi-million dollar/yr revenue streams with their stadium...in the burbs.

It likes such a bizarre fit to have a public company own a team. was probably building this https://batteryatl.com/

Also I was thinking about a team like the Phillies. They have a great market, but have kept much higher salaries. Do we think they are doing more operating income than the braves? I doubt it.

Still though. And the Braves kept payrolls really low. And obviously we'd expect some portion of income that needs to be re-invested each year. Obviously the new revenue streams should net the players more and this Lux tax cap thing is way too stupid, but I have a hard time believing that shareholders are sucking out loads of cash each year. A bunch of that $100M from the braves is gonna go to salaries for 2022, hopefully freddie freeman.

I guess my priors were that winning the world series were good business, which is why I shared 5 years.