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I was going to say, good luck finding replacement players in this labor market, especially if you can't bring in migrant workers from Cuba or Dominican Republic.
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Mets hire Buck Showalter as manager. I always liked Buck even though that may not solve anything. Old school.
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Old school, or just old?Jaymann wrote:Mets hire Buck Showalter as manager. I always liked Buck even though that may not solve anything. Old school.
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I mean, the year after you fire him is usually pretty good.
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I agree with that, I just want to see the disaster of replacement players.
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That sucks. I won’t be surprised if it turns out to be related to steroid use.
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Deadline missed for labor settlement. Season will be shortened at a minimum.
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Former major league outfielder Jeremy Giambi's death has been ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
Giambi, 47, was found dead in his mother's home in Claremont, California, on Wednesday morning. A report released by the coroner's office listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the chest.
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Another strike settlement deadline missed. MLB has now cancelled opening day and the first 4 series of the year.
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I saw a headline that said an agreement has been reached to stop the lockout.
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Yeah, tentative deal being reported on NYT and ESPN. Haven't seen much about the details yet.
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Details:
What to know and what's next?
Opening Day moves to April 7 and a full 162-game schedule will be played
Spring training camps open with a March 11 voluntary report date and March 13 mandatory date
Spring training games start March 17
Free agency to begin immediately once CBA is ratified
Playoffs expand to 12 teams, beginning this season
The National League adopts the designated hitter starting this season
CBT expected to begin at $230 million and grow to $244 million
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That all seems reasonable. Play ball!El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:17 pm Details:What to know and what's next?
Opening Day moves to April 7 and a full 162-game schedule will be played
Spring training camps open with a March 11 voluntary report date and March 13 mandatory date
Spring training games start March 17
Free agency to begin immediately once CBA is ratified
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The National League adopts the designated hitter starting this season
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That seems like the players got very little and the owners got a ton. Still doesn't appear to be a salary floor, the owners got more revenue by placing ads on uniforms and an expanded playoff, and the cap is going up very little with no restructuring of the luxury tax so it is really a hard cap despite the name. Sad.
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The new five-year CBA is expected to include increased minimum salaries, a new pre-arbitration bonus pool to reward the top young players in the game, a raise in competitive balance tax thresholds, the introduction of a universal designated hitter, the widest-ranging Draft lottery in pro sports, a system to prevent alleged service-time manipulation, limits on the number of times a player can be optioned in a season and a 12-team postseason. There will also be the evaluation of an international Draft.
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Ringer article on the new agreement
This seems about right. Deal is probably better for the owners than the players mainly since it doesn't keep the owners from continuing to be selfish dicks, but it's probably about the best that they could've done without a major labor war which itself would've had an uncertain outcome for them.
But honestly, I'm happy with this. I do like baseball quite a bit and missing most or all of the season would've been a major bummer. I really do wish there was stuff in here to incentivize owners to try to compete, but trying to get owners to agree to a system that would actually limit their ability to be rich selfish dicks is a tall order.
This seems about right. Deal is probably better for the owners than the players mainly since it doesn't keep the owners from continuing to be selfish dicks, but it's probably about the best that they could've done without a major labor war which itself would've had an uncertain outcome for them.
But honestly, I'm happy with this. I do like baseball quite a bit and missing most or all of the season would've been a major bummer. I really do wish there was stuff in here to incentivize owners to try to compete, but trying to get owners to agree to a system that would actually limit their ability to be rich selfish dicks is a tall order.
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Baseball is perfect for a relegation system, but as you say, "rich selfish dicks" is an impossible hurdle.El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:37 pm Ringer article on the new agreement
This seems about right. Deal is probably better for the owners than the players mainly since it doesn't keep the owners from continuing to be selfish dicks, but it's probably about the best that they could've done without a major labor war which itself would've had an uncertain outcome for them.
But honestly, I'm happy with this. I do like baseball quite a bit and missing most or all of the season would've been a major bummer. I really do wish there was stuff in here to incentivize owners to try to compete, but trying to get owners to agree to a system that would actually limit their ability to be rich selfish dicks is a tall order.
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How would a relegation system work in baseball, given that most/all of the minor league players (and I'm assuming here that you're talking about relegation between major and minor leagues) are under contract with the major league ballclubs? Putting aside the infrastructure issues of trying to support a major league club out of a minor league stadium in, say, Des Moines, and even assuming that the top tier minor league clubs would be as or more competitive than the bottom tier major league clubs (which is a big assumption, IMO), how would that even work from a contracts perspective?noxiousdog wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:54 pmBaseball is perfect for a relegation system, but as you say, "rich selfish dicks" is an impossible hurdle.El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:37 pm Ringer article on the new agreement
This seems about right. Deal is probably better for the owners than the players mainly since it doesn't keep the owners from continuing to be selfish dicks, but it's probably about the best that they could've done without a major labor war which itself would've had an uncertain outcome for them.
But honestly, I'm happy with this. I do like baseball quite a bit and missing most or all of the season would've been a major bummer. I really do wish there was stuff in here to incentivize owners to try to compete, but trying to get owners to agree to a system that would actually limit their ability to be rich selfish dicks is a tall order.
People bring up relegation with respect to baseball a lot, but the fundamental structure of baseball doesn't seem to me to support it. I'm truly interested in how it might work, though.
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Yeah, I have no clue how relegation would work in baseball.
Same issue as with relegation working for soccer in the US.
Same issue as with relegation working for soccer in the US.
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I just saw they eliminated the runner on base in extra innings. Here's to 19 inning games! Mo baseball.
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I'm glad - that was just too weird and arbitrary.
What I think they should do require all pitchers in extra innings to be position players. Would increase extra inning scoring like the free runner does, plus it would be far more entertaining.
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Yeah I love relegation as a concept, but with no U.S. sports using it (so it being a completely foreign concept) getting it implemented in baseball would be an impossible task.noxiousdog wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:54 pmBaseball is perfect for a relegation system, but as you say, "rich selfish dicks" is an impossible hurdle.El Guapo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:37 pm Ringer article on the new agreement
This seems about right. Deal is probably better for the owners than the players mainly since it doesn't keep the owners from continuing to be selfish dicks, but it's probably about the best that they could've done without a major labor war which itself would've had an uncertain outcome for them.
But honestly, I'm happy with this. I do like baseball quite a bit and missing most or all of the season would've been a major bummer. I really do wish there was stuff in here to incentivize owners to try to compete, but trying to get owners to agree to a system that would actually limit their ability to be rich selfish dicks is a tall order.
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Anywho now that the season is back on, I can't wait to read about all the free agents that the Red Sox aren't signing.
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On the flip side the Yankees are pretty much screwed and have to sign free agents urgently. We'll see what's up when they collide at opening day on April 7th.
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The upside, such as it is, is that the Yankees are equally parsimonious these days so at least there's competitive balance between the two.
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You want to make Ohtani more valuable?
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Yes! The more Ohtanis the better.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:21 pmYou want to make Ohtani more valuable?
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That's the point, you don't get more Ohtanis. The last one was Babe Ruth. You have to go to the Negroes Leagues to get more two-way greats of their caliber and there were maybe 3 or 4?El Guapo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:30 pmYes! The more Ohtanis the better.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:21 pmYou want to make Ohtani more valuable?
So all you can really do is make Ohtani that mich more valuable.
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It would have a transition period, but the contracts are easy. You keep the 40 man rosters and loan players for development to the minor league clubs. I would assume you'd have to divest of 2 club ownership.ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:12 pm How would a relegation system work in baseball, given that most/all of the minor league players (and I'm assuming here that you're talking about relegation between major and minor leagues) are under contract with the major league ballclubs? Putting aside the infrastructure issues of trying to support a major league club out of a minor league stadium in, say, Des Moines, and even assuming that the top tier minor league clubs would be as or more competitive than the bottom tier major league clubs (which is a big assumption, IMO), how would that even work from a contracts perspective?
People bring up relegation with respect to baseball a lot, but the fundamental structure of baseball doesn't seem to me to support it. I'm truly interested in how it might work, though.
Top minor league clubs wouldn't be competitive until they decided they wanted to be; though to be honest, the better way to do it would be to split the majors in half. The top 16 records become the highest level and the bottom 16 become AAAA or whatever moniker they want to put on it. Put some kind of 5 year implementation plan or average record over that span, or whatever. TV revenue can be split (obviously not evenly) amongst leagues that want to participate in the hierarches. The draft and arbitration becomes completely unnecessary.
Baseball has an entrenched monopoly that should be broken up. Unlike other sports, there's plenty of professional leagues that play along side.
The idea of a Des Moines ever making it to the majors would likely be ridiculous, but that's not really the point. It's to prevent tanking, reward winning, and it allows cities like say San Antonio to not be locked out of the system to satisfy the cartel's monopoly.
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The idea of splitting up the majors into two divisions isn't one I'd heard before, and that would certainly be more workable than trying to do something within the structure of the existing MLB/MiLB construct. I can't imagine that half of the major league owners would be willing to take such a hit on their investments, though. I don't chalk that up to "rich selfish dicks", though. Seems more like rational economic behavior to me.
I still think San Antonio gets locked out in this system, though, unless you're proposing a mixture of splitting the majors and also allowing promotion from the minors. And I mention Des Moines because they are the home to the Cubs AAA farm team, so they are in theory at the next level down of competition in today's game.
I still think San Antonio gets locked out in this system, though, unless you're proposing a mixture of splitting the majors and also allowing promotion from the minors. And I mention Des Moines because they are the home to the Cubs AAA farm team, so they are in theory at the next level down of competition in today's game.
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They can work in economic compensation if they wanted to. These are multi billionaires in nearly all cases and can value the change in a business. If not, they can hire someone.ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:39 pm The idea of splitting up the majors into two divisions isn't one I'd heard before, and that would certainly be more workable than trying to do something within the structure of the existing MLB/MiLB construct. I can't imagine that half of the major league owners would be willing to take such a hit on their investments, though. I don't chalk that up to "rich selfish dicks", though. Seems more like rational economic behavior to me.
Still won't happen. But I can dream.
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so you can no longer shift? WTF, why is that a big deal that they do that? Isn't that part of the strategy?
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I had not heard that. That is flat out crazy. What about when the winning run is on third with bases loaded? No bringing the outfielders in?
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https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/ ... 022-season
Looks like it starts in 2023
For the 2023 season: Pitch clocks will be used, there will be a ban on defensive shifts, an automatic ball/strike zone will exist and there will be larger bases.
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