Blake Snell

[Cory Engelhardt]

No, I don’t see this happening. But Greg Amsinger of mlb network does. Thoughts?

[ashbury]

I don't know enough about modern marketing to guess why someone with any sort of professional reputation posts clickbait on Twitter - especially when there seems to be nothing to click on - but this is where we are, apparently.

[tony&rodney]

This guy is going get a flunking grade on his predictions. Sometimes it is simply amazing how unaware experts are with the goings on of different organizations.

I'm taking his big smile to mean, "Just kidding."

[Greglw3]

Somebody needs to simply ask him, what is his source or for what reason he listed the Twins as a Blake Snell destination. As it is now, we can only guess.

[Cory Engelhardt]

1 hour ago, Greglw3 said:

Somebody needs to simply ask him, what is his source or for what reason he listed the Twins as a Blake Snell destination. As it is now, we can only guess.

Blake Snell has a twin brother. That’s got to be it, right? Snell has been a twin his entire life :)

[Cory Engelhardt]

So the Dodgers did sign him. 5/182. That’s out of the price range of teams who otherwise would even have a lot of money to spend. Oof. Good for him

[Vanimal46]

50 minutes ago, Cory Engelhardt said:

So the Dodgers did sign him. 5/182. That’s out of the price range of teams who other what would be a lot of money to spend. Oof. Good for him

The Dodgers have figured out if you have 10 pitchers who are hurt half of the time, you have a 5 man rotation.

[ashbury]

39 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

The Dodgers have figured out if you have 10 pitchers who are hurt half of the time, you have a 5 man rotation.

[tony&rodney]

The next negotiations between MLB owners and the MLBPA should be interesting. MLB is increasingly tilting towards an uncompetitive situation due to the massive increase in the gap between clubs in terms of revenue. The Dodgers may pay near 10 times the payroll of their neighbors in Sacramento this year. At the minimum they are well past twice what a middle payroll can reach. Will they triple the Twins? One has to wonder how this plays out across baseball.

Blake Snell can be dominant at times but that contract would be excessive for even many large market franchises.

[nicksaviking]

On 11/22/2024 at 4:58 PM, ashbury said:

I don't know enough about modern marketing to guess why someone with any sort of professional reputation posts clickbait on Twitter - especially when there seems to be nothing to click on - but this is where we are, apparently.

I was going to say that it should be easier to do the research than the graphics. But nope, guess not, I made this one in two minutes:

[FargoFanMan]

Well, the dodgers keep getting richer. They’re playing the early 2000’s Yankees card. With all this deferred money though what do the dodgers look like in 5-10 years? Can they continue to run a $250M payroll while paying all these guys deferred money out of the business side of the franchise? Not sure if the Yankees payed much in deference for their big early 2000’s contracts but this was the first year they made the WS since 2009. The books out but buying a team has never been sustainable as opposed to developing. Time will tell.

[Original_JB]

22 minutes ago, FargoFanMan said:

Well, the dodgers keep getting richer. They’re playing the early 2000’s Yankees card. With all this deferred money though what do the dodgers look like in 5-10 years? Can they continue to run a $250M payroll while paying all these guys deferred money out of the business side of the franchise? Not sure if the Yankees payed much in deference for their big early 2000’s contracts but this was the first year they made the WS since 2009. The books out but buying a team has never been sustainable as opposed to developing. Time will tell.

Dodgers have an ironclad RSN contract that pays an average of $334 million per year through 2038. I think they'll be OK.