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I like Joe Kelly. He is very entertaining but he can also go off the rails at times. I think he will be a fan favorite as long as he is consistent. Will always have his teammates backs.

I think the local Florida and Arizona Chamber of Congress Offices would not agree.................. Luckily for Florida they are having a great tourist season despite the loss of spring training. Not sure how Arizona is doing.

Good point. I think Grandal as a DH has much lower wRc+ than as a C.

Players who really worked hard in the off-season will benefit, young or old. Players will get less spring training which could result in more injuries.

Walmart eliminated 'greeters" in 2019. They retained some number of them as receipt checkers as you exit and in various miscellaneous roles in the express checkout area and covid related tasks.

I Understand your point, but only 68% of Walmart employees are full-time.

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You can bet we will see a lot more injuries coming out of a shortened spring training whenever it ends.

Jimmy, if so what would that mean for spring training. 2 weeks of training and 2 weeks of games? They said tonight the the first week of games from 2/28-3/5 are already cancelled.

The Lawyers are in no hurry. They punch clocks. .................................

Actually, it really makes no sense that MLB has different rules for Al and NL. Suppose in the NBA, the Western Conference had the player that is fouled take their own foul shots but in the Eastern Conference, teams would have a designated foul shooter for each team?

But you can be assured that the financial nerds in the FO know that delaying ST by one week costs owners X but getting concession Y in a new agreement gets us z. You can bet the teams know how long they can delay before they have to settle.

FWIW--Heard this morning that the MLB Umpire Association was meeting today in Orlando.

I don't see where fans will ever see fans paying less to go to games. I used to go to games in April in Tampa when I spend winters in Florida. Tampa never drew many fans and average ticket was $10 and free parking ( 2008-2010). Then they raised prices and drew even less fans. I think they have so few fans they can give you your own row for social distancing. Yet last few years they have been begging for a new stadium. These owners think they are playing Monopoly. Pretty soon stadium rest rooms will be coin operated.

Teams were negotiating with him before the deadline so probably most of the speculation is based on how those discussions went. Once the MLB talks conclude, I guess there is a very short window for him to sign ( 20 days)

You could be right, but also having a hole again at 2nd base is also a problem. I think the FO has a good feeling of where Crochet fits in to the present pitching staff assuming Kimbrel is gone somewhere. So the risk of trading Crochet should be weighed against the benefit of adding McNeil. But also some have said just Crochet may not be enough.

But if SP is really their goal, Mets may find a better partner unless Crochet is the piece.

But the egos often win out

Rodon could be their 4/5 with some salary relief.

But supposedly they want SP( 4/5 starter) in return.

Supposedly looking for a 4/5 since they seem set 1-3. So maybe Crochet to start sounds good.

Supposedly if they deal him, Mets want starting pitching in return........................ https://calltothepen.com/2021/12/24/new-york-mets-rumors-jeff-mcneil-trade/

I am not saying Tampa reduced their starters. What the chart shows is that pitchers in innings 4-5-6 give up more runs than in 7 and 8 understanding 9 is not comparable. So I think the trend could be to pull starters quicker then normally.

Statistically, If you look at AL scoring, runs scored from high to low are 6-5-4-3-1-7-8-2-9 innings. Ninth is obviously lowest since some % of games only has one team batting in 9th. So it makes sense that in the 6th, pitchers may be approaching their max which is why that inning is the worst. But as we see more data in the hands of stat geeks, the Tampa model may become more prevalent since teams may look to prevent more 3-4-5 inning scoring which would normally be charged to a starter.

Actually, In 1981 when the players went on strike, the owners had a $100,000 per game insurance policy. But this is a lockout which to your point would be under the owners control. But there are such policies called business interruption insurance but they may not be applicable with a lockout. "The unique risk for sports today is with cancelations. Most every business insurance policy includes a provision for business interruption. And by the sound of it, business interruption insurance should kick in if the business is, well, interrupted." https://www.insurancequotes.com/business/sports-insurance-covid https://www.insurancequotes.com/business/sports-insurance-covid