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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    A salary cap absolutely requires PA buy-in because it involves player salary. How the owners distribute their own funds may not be within the PA’s purview, though. Ultimately, I think the MLBPA would agree to a cap if it came with a *real* floor. Not the $90m or whatever owners were trying to float a year ago but something like $140-150m. You have to capture 33-50% of teams with the new floor or I think the MLBPA tells owners to piss off.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think owners need to clear revenue sharing with the MLBPA, I think they can make that change unilaterally. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about that.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Oooh, this is exciting. After years of sitting on their hands while the game crumbled, MLB has been actively pursuing improvements to the game and I have to give them credit for making (mostly) right decisions. First, they ended the lockout in a relatively timely fashion. I could have gone with less drama but teams played 162, which I was doubtful would happen. I'm a big fan of most of the new rules changes, particularly the pitch clock. A couple of months ago, they hired a former RSN executive to evaluate blackouts and how to end them. When Diamond showed signs of going belly-up, Manfred said MLB is open to acquiring the rights. All of this is good. It's long overdue, but it's good. And now there's this bombshell. As always, subscribe to The Athletic, they're great. But for those who don't, I'll pick out a couple of nuggets. https://theathletic.com/4226341/2023/02/19/mlb-economic-reform-committee-mets-bally/ Okay, so this scared me a bit. The problem isn't that Steve Cohen spends so much, which has traditionally been how MLB approached this issue. They want to reel in the top spenders but do nothing for the bottom revenue teams, nor punish teams that simply refuse to spend. Not great. But... For the first time in a long time, I'm truly excited about the future of baseball instead of bracing myself against just suffering through the sport's refusal to address its long-standing problems.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Twins Daily is a partner with FOCO products and earns products for any affiliate purchases you make, 100% of which is returned to our users in gift form. Any support you provide is support of the Twins Daily community itself! To celebrate the return of baseball, FOCO is releasing a Spring Training Bobblehead Collection that features commemorative team bobbleheads, mascots, and some of the game’s best players from the Grapefruit and Cactus Spring training leagues. The commemorative player bobbleheads in the collection feature spring training league logos across the body and head. They all stand atop a plate themed base with various thematic elements from the league that they play in. The player and mascot bobbleheads are also on a base with various thematic elements from the league they play in and their names are displayed in front. The commemorative generic players will retail for $75, the mascots for $70, and the athletes for $80. All of the bobbleheads in the collection are limited to 144 units and stand at 8" tall. These unique bobbles will only be available for a limited time so check them out! FOCO Spring Training Bobblehead Collection
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    If he wants to try to hit 103mph with his left arm, have at it. Otherwise, nope.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    John will be down there for close to a month, I believe, but won't be covering the team the entire time. Nick, Seth, and Parker will also rotate in and out over the next six-ish weeks.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    In general, optimally I want to see zero left-handed bats in the lineup against a lefty starter unless they're Mauer-level. And with Taylor and Farmer on the same roster, I'll be very disappointed to see Farmer on the bench and Gallo/Kepler in the outfield against a lefty.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    There aren't many left-handed starters but the Twins will still face a lefty starter ~40 times in 2023. Do we really want Kepler and Gallo starting those games? I sure don't, give me Kyle Farmer every time.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Who should start in the OF against left-handed pitching, though?
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    The team wasn’t overrated, they just didn’t have any good healthy players left by the time they reached the postseason.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    There are no winners here but Olive Garden is far and away the least offensive option listed.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Javy Baez at every position because good lord that would be entertaining.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Sadly, I know some of our writers' favorite spots were completely leveled by the hurricane. So this spring is going to be a learning experience for everyone!
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    About six months ago, my wife had the idea "let's go to Applebees and only order appetizers!" Neither one of us had been in an Applebees in over a decade. It was a terrible experience. Terrible. If you find yourself looking across the strip mall longingly at an Olive Garden, you know you've made some truly bad decisions with your life.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    We’ll have one up during or after spring training. The hurricane changed so much about the area we didn’t feel it was useful to write up until we got down there and had first-hand experience.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Give it to Gray. He’s the most experienced veteran and ultimately, opening day starter doesn’t really matter.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I bought a bunch of SRO tickets last year and basically sat wherever I wanted at every game. I'd sit in a spot for an inning or two and then move on to another spot. An usher spoke me to about it once or twice but never asked me to move. As for parking, the little grey dot (next to Cradle Club title) on 2nd Ave in this image is an entry point to Ramp B.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    I kinda use the Sad react for that. I also haven't come up with a good answer there.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    It's the middle of winter. No one is expected to use their brain in February.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    We're still running this through some drafts but I wanted to share it with all of you first. Give this a read and share your feedback!
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    What a great poll topic. Well done, @stringer bell
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Great post, welcome to Twins Daily!
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm pretty much over Max Kepler and the acquisition of Joey Gallo isn't my favorite but going all in on "the best defensive outfield alignment in MLB" isn't the absolute worst idea ever. I just wish it wasn't built around two infuriating-to-watch lefty bats.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    He's had constant issues, can't remember the details. I think he only crossed 100 IP in one season... maybe 2021? And that was split between the minors and MLB.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    It is. I'm really skeptical of Ober being able to pitch one full season, much less multiple full seasons. He simply hasn't done it.
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