This. Its not as simple as “we lost a 7 WAR player and we need ro replace him”
Haven’t you guys seen moneyball? There’s literally a scene in the movie where this exact discussion takes place. I agree with Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt
Jansen, Kirk, Moreno. All young. Doesn’t make any sense to hold 3 rookie catchers on a major league roster, the guys need reps in order to fully develop. It would probably be better to have a vet around like Caleb Joseph for example
The Cardinals and Rays (and others) have gone into a new season with a rookie penciled in for a starting role numerous times. They are considered to be some of the most solid franchises in the sport.
You don’t need an all-star caliber player at every position to compete.
I agree Smith shouldn’t be given the starting job, but if Moreno was ready for the bigs it wouldn’t be egregious to roll with him as the main 3B.
I think Seager is a great option to hold 3B for a year or two until one of Groshans/Moreno becomes the clear front runner to take over. Also gives Biggio/Espinal a year at 2B to evaluate their usefulness going forward.
Just off the top of my head, I seem to remember the players were asking for 100% salary in 2020 even though stadiums couldn’t have any fans. (This was in April/May)
Anyways my point still stands, its both sides’ fault that a strike is happening.
It IS both sides being stubborn though? Obviously the owners have more money but the players ask for a lot of unrealistic s*** sometimes.
Idk, I feel its pretty disingenuous to blame just one side here.
Yeah I don’t like the whole draft lotto format, but if that’s what’s required to stop teams from tanking then so be it.
I think it needs to be more than just the top 3 picks though.... maybe top 10? Bottom 10 teams have a random lotto for the first 10 picks?