caulfield12

Would settle for the Japanese RFer whose name eludes me after months and months...

We are never, in a million years, adding Castellanos...

And/or not being able to dump Kimbrel is the reason for diminished financial flexibility. We shall see if the Balta Ray Ray chorus is proven wrong soon enough.

Symbolically, at least, this creates the impression they were still fighting for more instead of acquiescence.

Guess this whole debacle needs a new set of villains…Manfred was getting played out.

https://www.mlbplayers.com/player-leadership And there is Francisco Lindor…along with Scherzer.

Interestingly enough, it was Conforto at the end of 2019…the Mets’ player/union rep.

Lindor? Maybe he should be more concerned with playing better…

Yet another reason not to have voted in Cohen…just read Dark Edge or Black Edge or whatever the heck that book’s called, he will make Mnuchin look like a Scooby Doo villain, at best.

Might want to wait until he is no longer on the Sox…

Making Friday April 15th the new battleground....you either have Opening Day on Thurs/one Wed game or combine the two concepts together. It will be a terrible look for RBI/ACE etc., initiatives, and only brings added attention to the fact that MLB is failing to attract African American teenagers vis a vis NBA, NFL, MMA, etc.

Or you have the case now where many top prospects are going to a HBCU because of Deion Sanders...or somewhere with innovative OC or QB coach giving them arguably their best path to the pros, like a Lincoln Riley type.

Except in the Dodgers' case, they can replace him with someone even better in Trea Turner...

St. Louis and even Milwaukee under Selig were closer to large market...but not according to MLB. Then you have Miami, Tampa/St. Pete, Oak/Bay area, Arizona, Baltimore and even Denver that act small market but are in larger media markets.

Why did they allow him to become an owner in the first place if they already have to create a rule to thwart Cohen? Remember, they rejected Cuban for seemingly less.

Matt Rodgers? Pat Mahomes? Josh Allen? Imagine two of those markets in the majors, and KC barely competes historically...other than 2014-15...going back nearly thirty years.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-saturday/2022/3/5/22959857/dadgummit-ken-harrelson-finds-baseballs-work-stoppage-hard-to-understand

Just don’t see it from a financial standpoint…they can get by with Kopech and Lopez, especially with the season abbreviated. Maybe if the Tigers added two more big names, that might give them some incentive to counter. Maybe. But Ilitch’s son in DET is already complaining anout raising the CBT. If anyone expected Conforto to be that player from here on out, he wouldn’t be receiving $75-90 million offers. Engel can’t stay healthy. Colas and Cespedes are still not legit candidates for 2022. Sheets could go all Daniel Palka season 2. His defense already leaves so much to be desire…and already had a lot of favorable matchups like Viciedo his first season. Is he really a legitimate everyday OFer? Odds are against.

Why isn’t everyone calling out Arte Moreno…they’re so desperate for Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani to be in the post-season?

I love how we’re supposed to be celebrating that JR is not being a jackass this time like Moreno….

Well, Albert Belle is the only example over nearly four decades...but that was more to make a point to fellow owners from all accounts. The equivalent today would be taking on Trout's deal from the Angels

Surprised to see Moreno and Ilitch's son....hopefully that means he's more penurious than his wild-spending father.

Gasoline allowance? Pension benefits?

Nuclear power plant hit....on fire. Fortunately, not a direct missile hit, but still worrisome. No increase in radiation levels, yet. This particular plant houses 6/15 nuclear reactors in the entire country. Zapor.............is the abbreviated named of the city. Guess we could call it south east-central Ukraine, in terms of location....not too far from those two breakaway regions in the southeast of the country. What next?

Commensurate? Otherwise, strong post.