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I don't see how its bad for players. If they shorten the season, the ones who don't make the playoffs get paid for less work. Those hat makes the playoffs get a share of playoff money.

You would think so.

Better lawyers.

Many times it's whose playing best at the time. Especially in baseball where the under .500 team may have been missing a TOR starter for part of the year.

In case you haven't seen the ratings for baseball compared to the NFL and NBA, there is no well enough to leave alone.

This is never a recipe for success in just about everything.

It's actually not that small when you look at all of the scholarship from all levels of the NCAA. Granted it's still fairly small but without it, it is absolutely nothing. Parents just really need to be objective about it and that's really hard to do. We had to make the choice with our daughter and running. She was among the top in Illinois which is a good but not the best for girls running. She had some offers from smaller schools. It wasn't until she competed in NY, TX, and CA against the some of the top national competition that she received offers from bigger DI programs. And this is in a sports against a clock which you would think would be strictly numbers based. Athletes need to be seen with big competition to get offers. It's just the way it is.

He is essentially the owners puppet in most cases so if he really thought it was a good idea then HE would need to convince the owners it was a more cost effective way to do it. I'm not sure it would bring more people into the sport.

You'll have to convince them that it's more cost effective than the current system.

Scouts in general give performances in the Midwest less credence due to the decreased playing time and perceived lack of competition. It isn't absolutely nothing. As you said previously the odds are stacked against it for pro ball. However the increased visibility makes it much more likely they will get at least a portion of thier higher education paid for.

Probably back to selling cars in Indiana, where he was a couple of years ago.

That really isn't feasible with no days off.

If he shows the control of the last couple of innings, I'm more likely to lean this way. I think he retired the last 9 he faced. The timid, I have no idea where the ball is going Lopez scares me against playoff teams. It is by no means a slam dunk but I would be biased toward the better control.

I agree however that is not the culture in youth sports unfortunately. Especially in the Midwest where it is difficult to be seen.

It's what gets them on the best area travel teams.

Unfortunately, the analytics has taken some of this analysis away. Numbers don't tell this story.

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Agree with all of this. I think the WAR will increase as he gets more comfortable with the league for base running and defense.

If they make it to the ALCS, I'm leaning toward him being a starter.

Baseball has always been a "market the name on the front of the jersey not the back" philosophy.

The only other person I recall doing that regularly was Cal Ripken. He changed his stance regularly based on the pitches he was seeing.

I'm not defending him at all. I'm not saying I agree with the decision by either him or the company. In today's climate he should have known better than to make comments like that. I'm just saying that he wasn't making the comment to be because he thinks lesser of the reporter as the other poster suggested. edit: I guess I am defending his motivation behind the comment but certainly not the decision to make the comment. He's been in the business long enough to know the climate and what is going to get him in trouble. Although with his history self control is not a strong suit

That used to be much more common. Players would stand as far back in the box as they could to see a fastball pitcher and would move up to the front against a breaking ball pitcher. But you're right you don't see it much anymore.