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TheHurl Toronto Blue Jays

TheHurl

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Expand 2 teams, 8 divisions of 4. Go to the NFL playoff format (top 2 teams get byes) with a best of 5 first round

 

I tried to create new divisions but I hate every possibility.

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Expand 2 teams, 8 divisions of 4. Go to the NFL playoff format (top 2 teams get byes) with a best of 5 first round

 

I tried to create new divisions but I hate every possibility.

 

The problem with a round of byes is that having players in baseball sit for more than a week between games could be problematic. That's less of an issue in a game like football.

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The Portland Antifas has a nice ring to it

 

I'd go with the Portland NPCs

 

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How is MLB (i,e the owners) going to make any money from a Montreal team? Not from some huge TV contract.. Montreal would probably be in the same boat of Teams that need revenue sharing, especially with the Canadian $. They are only talking about building a 32K seat stadium.. The only stadium close, is Fenway with like 35K because it is ancient. What is the benefit to the league as a whole, the owners, the TV contract, expanding the MLB market etc by adding Montreal? The Blue Jays already have that market if it is a baseball fan... The aggregate of TV contracts would not be any more..IMO If you are reducing the Blue Jays contract and just replacing it with some English/French mix.. zero sum gain.. ... If I were an owner I would vote no.
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How is MLB (i,e the owners) going to make any money from a Montreal team? Not from some huge TV contract.. Montreal would probably be in the same boat of Teams that need revenue sharing, especially with the Canadian $. They are only talking about building a 32K seat stadium.. The only stadium close, is Fenway with like 35K because it is ancient. What is the benefit to the league as a whole, the owners, the TV contract, expanding the MLB market etc by adding Montreal? The Blue Jays already have that market if it is a baseball fan... The aggregate of TV contracts would not be any more..IMO If you are reducing the Blue Jays contract and just replacing it with some English/French mix.. zero sum gain.. ... If I were an owner I would vote no.

 

Same. Even Vancouver is probably a better choice, but I'd probably go with Brooklyn or maybe a city in the Carolinas.

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How is MLB (i,e the owners) going to make any money from a Montreal team? Not from some huge TV contract.. Montreal would probably be in the same boat of Teams that need revenue sharing, especially with the Canadian $. They are only talking about building a 32K seat stadium.. The only stadium close, is Fenway with like 35K because it is ancient. What is the benefit to the league as a whole, the owners, the TV contract, expanding the MLB market etc by adding Montreal? The Blue Jays already have that market if it is a baseball fan... The aggregate of TV contracts would not be any more..IMO If you are reducing the Blue Jays contract and just replacing it with some English/French mix.. zero sum gain.. ... If I were an owner I would vote no.

 

Exactly, small stadium, very small chance of getting a good TV contract (relative to other MLB teams). Plus, I'm not sure all the asylum seekers and refugees are into ball. We'd also have very little chance of capturing market share outside of QC, and the ownership group looks to be projecting things on the cheap including a 75m payroll. It's doomed to fail right from the start, but they still want to bring a team so worse case they can always relocate in 15 years and make a nice profit when it fails again here.

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Who is going to pay what it takes to get Realmuto? The Astros?

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Who is going to pay what it takes to get Realmuto? The Astros?

 

That was probably their last shot to get a steal of a return for him. He could still fetch a nice package at the deadline, but unless a team gets really freaking desperate it'll be hard to pay an elite price for 1.5 years.

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Realmuto has told the Marlins he won't re sign there

 

They're foolish not to trade him for the best offer on the table no matter who the team is

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Realmuto has told the Marlins he won't re sign there

 

They're foolish not to trade him for the best offer on the table no matter who the team is

 

Yup, that 3 way trade fell through, thir ask was obviously far too high. Kaploop!

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Realmuto has told the Marlins he won't re sign there

 

They're foolish not to trade him for the best offer on the table no matter who the team is

 

Apparently they were asking for Albies from the Braves and Bellinger from the Dodgers.

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G-Snarls

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Apparently they were asking for Albies from the Braves and Bellinger from the Dodgers.

 

Mmm

 

I can certainly understand the reluctance from those two teams

 

They just don't match up well. 2 years of increasingly expensive arbitration Realmuto won't appeal to a rebuilding team, and contenders won't want to trade MLB proven pieces for him unless it's from an excess a certain position.

 

4 years of Yellich was probably easier to trade

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Mmm

 

I can certainly understand the reluctance from those two teams

 

They just don't match up well. 2 years of increasingly expensive arbitration Realmuto won't appeal to a rebuilding team, and contenders won't want to trade MLB proven pieces for him unless it's from an excess a certain position.

 

4 years of Yellich was probably easier to trade

 

Why does Miami want MLB proven pieces in return? They should have traded him last year. This is a mess.

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Why does Miami want MLB proven pieces in return? They should have traded him last year. This is a mess.

 

Exactly. They stand no chance of being competitive in that division for at LEAST 3-4 years.

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G-Snarls

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Also, I guess this means D'Arnaud's days as a starting catcher are done

 

Is the bat salvageable enough that he could snag some playing time at 1B?

 

I looked him up... Career wRC+ of 96 doesnt really play well at that position so probably not.

Carlos Danger Dunedin Blue Jays

Carlos Danger

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Mets gave Raji Davis an invite to ST... MLBTR says he is known for being speedy and his D/Glove... Funny, I remember the speed but apart from one spectacular catch, I thought his D was suspect or below par...
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jaysblue

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Looks like Bradley to the Astros at 2/32

 

Wow that's a great deal.

 

Now all the Astros need to do is add Nelson Cruz to that lineup and watch out!

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Mets gave Raji Davis an invite to ST... MLBTR says he is known for being speedy and his D/Glove... Funny, I remember the speed but apart from one spectacular catch, I thought his D was suspect or below par...

 

I seriously hated watching Rajai Davis play baseball

TheHurl Toronto Blue Jays

TheHurl

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Luxury tax calculations must be done because the Yankees announced that they are going to pay CC his $500k from when he was ejected.
Carlos Danger Dunedin Blue Jays

Carlos Danger

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Luxury tax calculations must be done because the Yankees announced that they are going to pay CC his $500k from when he was ejected.

 

Classy move.

 

Not like what we did to the Big Hurt....

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Abomination

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Brantley for those of you still trying to figure out who Bradley is.

 

Damn it. Everyone's allowed one of those a year for free.

 

Wait, wait, I mean bad autocorrect...

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