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[Spanky__99]

Everything I’ve seen says 11:59pm EST is when the lockout starts. Hopefully that means there’s enough time between tonight and tomorrow morning to get signs/trades done with physicals before the deadline.

 

Oh, cool. I thought it was 11:59am, hah!

[Brownie19]

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This is pretty crazy!

[Spanky__99]

Found this interesting...

 

 

A universal DH has to happen.

[THANOS]

[Jays24]

 

I love the 2 division alignment with 12 teams making the playoffs. Leads to a more balanced schedule and still rewards division winners.

 

$240M Luxury tax only penalizes like a couple of teams... it should be a lot lower than that lol.

[G-Snarls]

AL West

 

SEA

OAK

CAA

TEX

HOU

KCR

CWS

MIN

 

AL East

 

TOR

BAL

NYY

BOS

TBR

DET

CLE

Expansion team?

[43211234]

 

 

This is just insane lol

 

I wonder if the majority of players will care enough to change this though?

[glory]

 

2 divisions, both division winners get a bye to the DS, and 4 wild card teams. I actually like that better. It will lead to one uneven division in each league until expansion, and they'll need to adjust the schedule in 2023 to accommodate, but I'd be fine with that. A compromise to that would be keeping the 3 divisions, having the 2 division winners with the best records get a bye, and then having the 3rd division winner get to choose their opponent between 3 WC teams.

[Cbert]

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A compromise to that would be keeping the 3 divisions, having the 2 division winners with the best records get a bye, and then having the 3rd division winner get to choose their opponent between 3 WC teams.

 

This is exactly what I’ve wanted for a few years now. Never really loved the sudden death wild card game but love the idea of a division winner picking their opponent in the first round.

[z3r0s]

If that's the toughest of their demands, don't cancel baseball over this owners.

[The Cats Ass]

 

They should actually lower it to 200 or even 190. And then put a floor in at around 80M. The players would end up ahead.

[jerb]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Reds are still fielding interest in Luis Castillo, Tyler Mahle and Sonny Gray. Chance for a trade today.

[Eat My Shatkins]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Reds are still fielding interest in Luis Castillo, Tyler Mahle and Sonny Gray. Chance for a trade today.

 

All three with just 2 years of control left, and all would likely cost as much as Berrios did to acquire. Maybe even more in the case of Castillo and Mahle.

 

Of course, the Jays could lower that cost by quite a bit if they agreed to take on the rest of Moustakas contract.

[Ryu In My House]

I wonder if the Jays could take Votto of their hands to cut down on the prospects going back for Castillo.

[The Cats Ass]

I wonder if the Jays could take Votto of their hands to cut down on the prospects going back for Castillo.

 

No.

[John_Havok]

I love the 2 division alignment with 12 teams making the playoffs. Leads to a more balanced schedule and still rewards division winners.

 

$240M Luxury tax only penalizes like a couple of teams... it should be a lot lower than that lol.

 

Possibly, but you know what the owners really want is a hard cap rather than a luxury tax, which means the players would then also want a salary floor.... so raising the luxury tax threshold is what the players propose as some middle ground.

[jerb]

 

Joon Lee 이준엽

@joonlee

 

Max Scherzer — who’s heavily involved in the MLBPA — on the CBA negotiations:

 

“Hearing the tone in negotiations, the lockout seems like that’s a very likely scenario, let’s say that."

 

Joon Lee 이준엽

@joonlee

 

Scherzer indicates the lack of competition and teams tanking is a major sticking point for players in CBA negotiations

 

“Adjustments have to be made to be made to bring up the competition … When we don’t have that, we have issues.”

 

Joon Lee 이준엽

@joonlee

 

Scott Boras on the stance of players during CBA negotiations: “It’s not about any team, it’s the rules. … We have something in our rules that drives non-competitiveness and drives down fan interest.”

[Ryu In My House]

They should actually lower it to 200 or even 190. And then put a floor in at around 80M. The players would end up ahead.

 

Absolutely there should be a floor. I am tired of the posers like the Marlins making millions of TV revenue yearly, and putting none of it back into roster improvement.

 

Also, universal DH please.

 

I would actually love, love love to see a radically expanded playoff format. A lot of the small market teams like Pittsburgh really will never have a chance otherwise. And then September ball becomes more of a crazy roller coaster ride.

[jerb]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Byron Buxton has set a record for highest awards bonuses in his Twins deal

 

$8,000,000 for MVP

$7,000,000-2nd; $6,000,000-3rd; $5,000,000-4th; $4,000,000-5th;

$3,000,000-6th thru 10th)

[Spanky__99]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Byron Buxton has set a record for highest awards bonuses in his Twins deal

 

$8,000,000 for MVP

$7,000,000-2nd; $6,000,000-3rd; $5,000,000-4th; $4,000,000-5th;

$3,000,000-6th thru 10th)

 

If he could stay healthy, he could land himself a nice little payday.

[John_Havok]

If he could stay healthy, he could land himself a nice little payday.

 

Bonus structures like this are hilarious. They know they'll never have to pay it out ... no chance Vlad would ever get that kind of deal in any contract he signs.

[thatoneguy]

 

rip

[Olerud363]

Bonus structures like this are hilarious. They know they'll never have to pay it out ... no chance Vlad would ever get that kind of deal in any contract he signs.

 

If he ever plays 150 games they might have to pay it out... In fact I think they'd be happy to pay it out.

 

I'd sign Vlad to a 10 year 200 million dollar contract with double that bonus structure. I think.

 

It would kind of work wouldn't it? If he is MVP caliber he gets 40 million, if he is an all star 30 million, if he gets fat again and hits ground balls he still gets 20 million but at least you save half the money...

[Brownie19]

 

rip

 

7 minutes - jesus f***. This negotiation ******** is f***ing stupid. Lock the door and try to resolve something like humans instead of using tactics to get what you want.

[Scion]

 

rip

 

It's frustrating how common tactics like these are in CBA negotiations. Expect to hear more stories resembling this in the coming months.

[Spanky__99]

If he ever plays 150 games they might have to pay it out... In fact I think they'd be happy to pay it out.

 

I'd sign Vlad to a 10 year 200 million dollar contract with double that bonus structure. I think.

 

It would kind of work wouldn't it? If he is MVP caliber he gets 40 million, if he is an all star 30 million, if he gets fat again and hits ground balls he still gets 20 million but at least you save half the money...

 

lol...

[Spanky__99]

7 minutes - jesus f***. This negotiation ******** is f***ing stupid. Lock the door and try to resolve something like humans instead of using tactics to get what you want.

 

Agreed, last nights meeting was just over 20 minutes, too. GTFO!!!

[Spanky__99]

He’s also avail for a SP or very good RP in Bbdl ot Bored. Don’t think Tampa doesn’t know either s***

 

Da fuq?

[John_Havok]

7 minutes - jesus f***. This negotiation ******** is f***ing stupid. Lock the door and try to resolve something like humans instead of using tactics to get what you want.

 

Its the same thing every time around. Nobody ever negotiates in good faith until they're up against a deadline of losing games. At least this is in the offseason instead of June.

[G-Snarls]

If he ever plays 150 games they might have to pay it out... In fact I think they'd be happy to pay it out.

 

I'd sign Vlad to a 10 year 200 million dollar contract with double that bonus structure. I think.

 

It would kind of work wouldn't it? If he is MVP caliber he gets 40 million, if he is an all star 30 million, if he gets fat again and hits ground balls he still gets 20 million but at least you save half the money...

 

OMFG

 

Post of the month

 

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