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The teams with the most money getting all the advantages. 2/3 of the teams just don't have the resources to compete for the best players. Eventually the sport will need a salary cap if they truly want teams to have a shot at the best players. It will be tough to get the union to agree. They love what this will do for salaries. The issue is that we know just having a few great players doesn't make a baseball or equate to winning the world series. Baseball playoffs are so random that any team can win it if they make the playoffs. The teams with the most resources always have the greater odds of making the playoffs.

Don't think they've done that to a player not on the team since Albert Belle.

I agree. It serves no purpose so stop the managers. It doesn't happen often but who knows if someone starts it as a "competitive advantage"

Depends on the size of the gamble. Need to see the contract.

Yeah, the appreciation might be too tough to resist.

I think a good portion of the value difference is the ownership of the ballpark and surrounding real estate. Can you imagine what they could sell that for to a developer?

Got it. I would agree.

Is your point that they should have a partially public funded new stadium? They already have a fully public funded one.

Depends on if was mostly labrum or the actual capsule. The labrum is around 60-80% for return to prior level of performance. The actual capsular repair is below 50%.

Yeah, the bottom line is if they were making money whether it be from attendance or sponsorship , they wouldnt move.

That is a tough one to get right. The need to guess how tight to make it. Too tight and there isn't enough flexibility to get the velocity needed. Too loose and the instability and symptoms are still there.

Hopefully not for the whole season. See if Montgomery gets a call up halfway through the season or so.

That's fine. I just enjoy the game. The extended playoffs keep more teams and fans interested deeper into the season. The playoff games in 2000 and 2005 were fun environments.

With the advent of interleague play and the balanced schedule, they are slowly moving towards making divisions irrelevant. Just go back to the top 7 or 8 teams in each league making the playoffs regardless of division. Jist depends on how many byes you want for the first round.

He was able to return at the end of last year. While hardly conclusive, it's a positive sign.

No. The injury risk is too high for a team with a strict budget limit. Unless it for an AAV under 12 or so.

I hope it's true and forces the dodgers to look elsewhere for pitching. It will drive up the market for Cease.

Agreed, we know they will have a limit. It just that no one knows where it is so it's all just guessing.

This I would agree with. Eloy is not an indispensable hitter. He is a hitter that is better than most of the others they have in the team. If they can trade him for anything more useful include money to sign a better starting pitcher, do it.

Nice keep him away from the dodgers so they can drive up the pitching market.

If you want to cherry pick stats and arbitrarily say the 3 years means more fine. His 785 OPS is still well above the AL average of 730 over the past couple of years. So yes he still has a useful bat for a team that is well below average offensively. If you can say they will replace him with a much better hitter, I would agree. But until they get much better hitters, he is useful to this team.

Yes. He should try to leverage his position to help his team as much as possible. That's his job. If MLB let's him move (which is really what they wanted) and Oakland didn't want to concede ti the ridiculous demands (and they shouldn't) then let them go. This is the way it has always been in baseball. Just look at the A's themselves. They've been in Kansas City, Philadelphia, Oakland and now Vegas. Many people are pushing for the antitrust exemption to be repealed/revoked. This is what the result would be. If the politicians really want to give them the money, it's in them. This wouldn't happen if the MLB didn't really want a team in Vegas. They want to go exploit new revenue markets. The Bay area still has the Giants.

Each individual year doesn't hold as much weight as the entirety of his career. You can spin it anyway you want but his career OPS is 811. The that is a useful bat in the lineup that shouldn't just be given away for nothing.

I do. It would be negligent if the owner didn't do everything possible to help the franchise. The more debt they run the less they can put towards the franchise.

I don't understand why people continually berate owners for asking to have cities/states to build stadia. It good business if you an get someone else to pay for it. Blame the politicians who approve it. They are the one who shouldn't do it. It's an awful thing and they continue to approve them.