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I think it's closer to 1.5, but point still stands. fWAR had Meidroth leading entire team at 3.1, that might be even scarier

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"The Toronto Blue Jays could have one of the best rotations in baseball next season if everything works out according to plan, they could potentially have: Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber, Dylan Cease, Tatsuya Imai and Trey Yesavage"...(which would make Jose Berrios their #6.) bluejaysinsider.com In February, Hank Steinbrenner said he might support a salary cap proposal as long as it contains a provision mandating minimum payrolls. MLB has had a luxury tax in place since 2003 but is the only one of the four major U.S. professional leagues without a salary cap.

Giolito will be a really interesting case once Big 3 off the market... Watch the Sox sign Bassitt or Quintana if their asking prices come way down.

Can't spend even half that with debt overhang in the mid $100's... Sox spending just 30% of that on entire team (including Robert for now). Right now on target for roughly $62 million.

Todd Ritchie deal was really bad fwiw. Alex Rios contract pickup. Traumatized Greg for a decade. First Peavy trade in 2009 to SD. Dunn acquisition broke his tenure.

Jason Bourgeois?

Royals have this problem, but also have Arrow head in the same complex with miles of parking lots and at one point a Taco Bell, FCA building and Drury Inn...

At least he had the winning record to match up with almost any former Sox GM. Almost always had competitive teans, with few exceptions.

As opposed to "can't afford to waste another year" quickly turning into a lost half decade.

Harper was the right pick to really transform the franchise at that time and as it turned out Moncada had his best season in 2019.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/red-sox-cardinals-trade-grades-190549999.html

Anyone can scout the NPB with the wonders of modern technology. But having a scout there that speaks the language, invests the time to build the relationships, respects the regimented culture and style of play...they're going to have a huge head start when those 4-5 players are posted each and every season now. They also would attend the Koshien national high school tourney in Osaka and start making the connections when the kids are just 16-17, which will eventually mean a lot to the parents when it comes to signing a pro contract in terms of that trust vs. "complete unknown or wild card" factor.

2025 assignments Patrick Anderson will take the helm at Springfield (AA) after managing the three previous seasons in Peoria, replacing former skipper José Leger, who will now serve as Assistant Field & Baserunning Coordinator based in Jupiter, Florida. JJ Wetherholt was the stud prospect in AA this year fwiw.

We'll see next year with the Bears kinda mirroring the '24 Chiefs with all those one score victories. Repeating success in the NFL when everyone is gunning for you and you're playing a more challenging schedule...that's the trick. But just breaking through this year is huge. Minnesota is screwed with their QB situation, Love is flawed and the Lions are missing that "it" factor this year, maybe it's simply the cumulative coaching changes, too. Certainly makes local sports talk livelier.

NBA did the same thing with the WNBA broadcasting rights...basically negotiating against themselves. ng a truly open market, the deal was worth significantly more.

They might consider Burke or Taylor. Big no for Cannon. They could just Rule 5 Adams for nothing. Also Jo Adell had a quietly solid season...rewarding patience. He had the bat speed/swing metrics on his side. No guarantees with Walker, but the raw physical ability is there.

There are lots of accounting tricks for the teams that own/control their own broadcasting networks. "Clubs can manipulate revenue figures by acquiring partial ownership of the broadcasters that air their games. While revenue from local TV rights is subject to sharing across the league, profits generated through ownership stakes in the broadcasting networks are not. Instead, they are treated as a subsidiary/investment earnings."

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Soup Nazi II

Imagine the cost to get rid of Benintendi now lol...

There's nothing for StL to gain trading Walker for a guy with relatively pedestrian stuff.

there are some other factors in the countryside (western China) boys are still needed for agricultural work...so lots of 3-5 boy families priority for male heirs and a largely male dominated society...traditional cultural belief to value boys more, especially in Taiwan now theoretically they're not allowed to tell you ahead of time if youre having a boy or girl but there are ways around that such as "guanxi" relationships with hospital officials or bribes they can tell you if the child will have birth defects or any other abmormalities...special education is almost non existent here as many only have one shot the idea boys take care of families whereas girls marry and take responsibility for husband's family many girls were adopted internationally in 70s 80s 90s because they weren't wanted by families

Inevitable Cardinals' rebuilding. Donovan, Contreras and Arenado still to go. Attendance really falling off for first time in recent memory.

Because of all those small towns losing professional baseball...if only for 40 home games or whatever it amounted to, the related seasonal jobs/s and support staff...and the continued takeover of most of the AA AAA teams by private equity interests. https://www.amazon.com/Homestand-Small-Baseball-Fight-America/dp/0385549652 Lucas Mann write a similar book about the Clinton LumberKings...about a decade ago. That old Clinton stadium was used for the Ron LeFlore Story once upon a time....now it's utilized for college players in the summer.