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i think a system that will allow players to become free agents sooner will really help free spending teams like the White Sox who always seem to get their man.

You keep contradicting yourself. I don't care how much Roberts earns next year. I don't care how much equity the Sox shareholders gain or lose. But if that's your calling, you are welcome to it. Which Sox players do you believe are especially underpaid and should receive raises?

Can't you say that about every free agent? He went from 3.5 to 5.5 mil. That's a nice raise.

Arguably baseball teams don't have some of the cost cutting moves that other industries have. Outsourcing manufacturing or labor, greater use of technology, etc. Baseball teams can cut front office costs, try to have taxpayers fund the team via tax breaks or stadium deals or just not sign better talent beyond whatever the minimum is.

Listen, if you will enjoy the game more if Garcia makes $6.5 mil instead of $5.5 mil and ownership groups make less, that's great, it won't change my enjoyment. The Pirates spending more won't increase the talent level in the league, it will just mean other teams, like the Sox, will have less talent at higher wages. I'm not going to worry about it. Neither side will suddenly be poor.

I agree. I wouldn't want it compromising either. The other shame is most fans want to see higher salaries. He really should be getting 7 or 8 mil a year.

So you understand that raising costs are bad for the game. Thank you.

I'm not saying anyone makes too much money.

No. Do you think that if their costs go up they will just accept lower profits or will they pass those higher costs on to the consumer? Especially the consumer that took the side of increasing costs?

It's more of a shame there is only one form of entertainment in the summer.

And who is negotiating for the fans? If they get people to pick sides, they win. They only lose if people blame the entire sport.

And a network pays $$$$$$$ more for broadcast rights and charges more for advertising, and that beer at home costs a little more. Eventually no matter which side gets a bigger slice of the pie they will find a way for the fans to provide them a bigger pie.

"When billionaires fight with millionaires it's the folks in debt that get screwed" Tex

I think they have to do everything as the opportunity presents themselves. They need someone like him. If they said we can only do these three things right now and one or two doesn't materialize it's suddenly April and you also have a bench to fill. There's a prioritized to do list but check off anything on this list. I don't believe his contract is really going to prevent them from overpaying. I can think their historically cheap ass ways will prevent them from over spending.

This deserves it's own thread

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Why bother there won't be a season next year.

I might have to start paying attention to the local teams. It would be less frustrating.

I just was in a long conversation about this and other what I'm calling "faith based investments". To me it all fits into art. A painting doesn't have much material value, just the exclusivity of having it. Same with digital investments. If I was younger I'd consider putting 10% or so in NFTs, crypto, etc. But my current glide path doesn't have much room for pure speculation beyond some single stock purchases to augment my ETFs and Mutual Funds.

If the Sox spent 4/$53 everyone here would believe they overspent, that the market wasn't close to that for him.

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So who is failing as a set up guy that will be HoF level closer? Are you suggesting guys who get demoted fall apart and never return to their former glory?

Since set up and closer are so radically different which poorly performing set up man is really a HoF closer?

I wouldn't be surprised if he's the last signing.