John_Havok

There are plenty of fans, they just don't want to put up with the ******** getting the stadium. I drove there in spring 2020 and it was a nightmare from the 7th circle of hell that I couldn't fathom doing more than once or twice a year.

While true, the issue with The Rays is 100% location and dump stadium. Getting in and out of St. Pete is a nightmare. The Lightning's location is about 10,000 times better since it's right in downtown Tampa.

It's hard to guess at that... but yeah he likely would have accepted. If he declined, teams would likely have been more hesitant to even sign him if 11 million was his market AAV. Another example of decent mid rotation arms getting less than they should. But, I guess that's the life of the guys in the middle in MLB

Cuz the owners need a union ?

Yeah, but it’s surplus vale they’ll never truly take advantage of unless there’s some drastic changes in the CBA that requires a salary floor

One bad injury and it all goes away if you don’t sign this. That’s a pretty big decision to make when you’re 20 and staring at enough guaranteed money to set up you, your family both close and extended for their next 10 generations. Tell me you’d turn it down because you’re hoping in 6 years you’re still perfectly healthy and one of the top players in baseball. That’s an insane decision to be presented with

Yeah. There's always some downside hedging with the guys in the middle that the guys at the top never seem to suffer from though. It's like if you're a solid 3, you cant get paid your actual value because a team will say they have to protect against you pitching like a 5.... then you leave money on the table, and never get the chance to get it back unless you suddenly become a 1... then they fall all over themselves to pay you 30 million per year, injury risk be damned. Even calculating win value at 8 million per year... projecting at 2 ... he would be worth 16 million, but he's forced to leave 4 million on the table because of the downside hedging. Then he pitches a 3 WAR season again, and ends up having left even more on the table. Where's the part that's built in the contract that gives him more money if he pitches way better? Why do players have to put with the owner's hedging on the possible downside without also getting something back if they outpitch it? This is why I never begrudge players for getting whatever they can, when they can; because the system is set up to favour the owners at every stop. Yeah, sometimes players willingly take discounts because of familiarity with a team, or they just don't care that much about the difference between 12 million and 14 million when they already have 30 million in the bank.

Really feels like this is the kind of pitcher that gets dog-f***ed in their salary. 3 Win pitchers are decidedly worth more than 12 per year. Sure, you wouldn't pay them 20... but 12?

Good for him. Loupy figured out his strength and plays to it beautifully now

Buck whines about everything that wasn't in the game in 1971 like it's the worst thing since slavery. His personal observations should be taken with a carton of salt... and probably a gallon of vodka. It's probably very context dependent and catcher dependent. If you're a standout defensive catcher, maybe you get away with it more because you're already awesome. The stance is mainly for lessening the energy expenditure of the catcher when you don't care if a ball gets past you, helping to avoid fatigue later in games. at least, that's been my understanding. It does help "steal" strikes at the bottom of the zone as well with the upward movement of the glove. Baseball America had an article on this earlier this year if i remember right. They tried to see if the 1 legged stance led to more wild pitches. Admittedly i don't remember the results. also, i could have sworn Pudge, Tony Pena and a few other guys were doing this like 15-30 years ago in some situations.

The one knee thing is runner-on-base dependent and out/count dependent for the most part. They will mostly only do the one leg setup with nobody on base, less than two strikes because they don't have to worry about wild pitches leading to advancing a runner, or a third swinging strike getting past them.

Some idiot in the NL MVP voting voted for LaMonte Wade Jr. The idiocy isnt just limited to voting for the hall... it's just more widespread there.

Scouts will generally go low on catchers speed simply because in 3 years they’ll have no knees.

Reports are circulating stating Correa and his agent’s contract expectations are “nothing less than Lindors 340 million” Realistic expectation or just lip service?

Lotions are a thing. So I’ve heard….

Would that really be suffering though?

You’re misconstruing the point. The Braves won the World Series and their division. That can’t be taken away. That doesn’t mean they had a great team blueprint that every team should be rushing to follow. Same reason nobody was rushing the follow the blueprint of the Royals when they beat the Jays to get to the World Series a few seasons ago. There’s a difference between taking away accomplishment, and realizing that it’s not a recipe for sustained success.

Not taking anything away. Just saying that is not a model other teams should be trying to reproduce.

Or players with felony convictions not being able to cross the border. I'm sure this issue will be on the list of things to do in the CBA negotiations.

So was Roberto Clemente. Recent examples are few and far between for position players though.

Akil Baddoo might be the only recent example of a position player not being returned.

Until employment becomes anything other than "at-will", individuals can whine all they want about not being vaccinated and it doesn't matter. A business owner has every right to set his own employment requirements, as long said requirement don't fall into discrimination legislation. Since vaccination status doesn't fall under that umbrella, the tears will flow and be delicious to drink.

Great. Feel free to search out the last 20 years and see how often the champs don't have 1. Then tell me not having one is the practical way to go. Plan to be the best, don't hope for the best.

Yeah, anyone can win if you get in. But you almost never get in with 88 wins. If youre trying to build a team to get into the playoffs, your goal isn't 88 wins. Quit pretending like the Braves have somehow stumbled on a market inefficiency of being the best of a terrible division, barely making it in, and then playing well for 3 weeks.

Anderson is a tire fire at this point, so that's just a "throw s*** at the wall and see if it sticks" move. Danner was a C converted to pitcher who showed some pretty decent results in Vancouver. Reliever upside. I know s*** about Francis. Jimenez is an all glove, no power IF from Low A. More walks than Ks though as a 20 year old. Logue is still a starter, had a decent year at AAA, likely gets a chance to show in spring training for a shot at whatever role is left by that time. Likely stays in AAA as depth until he's needed. Samad Taylor not protected, ditto Spraker.