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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    For anyone who wants to blame the players, before you do so look at the following statement: The Dodgers receive $240m every year from their television deal. The Brewers receive $40m every year from their television deal. This revenue is not shared in any meaningful way. That is a $200m advantage to the Dodgers. The Dodgers payroll is $265m this season. The players have no control over television revenue. Who does? Ownership. Please explain to me how players are the real problem here.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, the players are jackasses in their own right, no doubt about that. But they have little to no control over the huge systemic issues with the sport. Far and away the biggest issues are revenue-based and players don't control revenue, owners do.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Complete and utter nonsense. The biggest gulf in baseball right now is television revenue and the players HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER ANY OF THAT. You have this giant hard-on for the players and it just doesn't jibe with reality, Chief. 30 years ago, the Royals regularly had the largest payroll in baseball. What changed? It sure ain't the players.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    And this is why I roll my eyes when people blame the players. The real, permanent fix for MLB can only come from ownership. The players are nibbling at the margins, the owners are the people who need to implement the massive, sweeping revenue fixes that need to happen.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    The "fix" is really simple but MLB won't ever agree to it. Share television revenue the same way gate revenue is shared. When the Twins go to face the Dodgers in LA, they get a 50% percent cut of 1/81 of the Dodgers TV revenue. That way the Dodgers still have a significant advantage - they get 50% of their massive TV contract - but other teams raise their floor while also lowering the ceiling of the Dodgers. Then create a salary cap/floor based on 50% of league revenue. Everybody wins. The players receive more money, the league sees more competitive balance, and big market teams still have an advantage. Of course, this plan would require MLB to see past their nose for even a moment so this will not happen.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    If only I was 15 years younger, I might be able to stay up for of this game... But if I was 15 years younger, I'd be living in LA and might would probably watch this game live in Dodger Stadium... I'm not seeing a lot of downside to me being 15 years younger right now.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Three wins are definitely doable given that the Angels are TERRIBLE.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Pointing at cameras and dropping F bombs at the umpires in NYC instantly became my favorite Rocco moment.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    I want to make up posters of Rocco pointing at cameras and yelling "**** YOU" to the umpire in NY. Just beautiful.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh man, Rocco is mad as hell.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, that wasn't the most horse **** call I've ever seen in my life but it's way up there. I actually don't have a huge problem with the rule itself but Sanchez needs a lane to catch the ball. Merrifeld chose to go straight at Sanchez when he could have slid outside his knee. And the fact that they overturned the (correct) on-field call only adds to how bad it was.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    God damn it, Kepler.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, this game certainly isn’t lacking in entertainment value.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    It's slightly easier to do now but when the Twins actually had something approaching a real outfield, they had a bunch of left-handed hitters, enough to make putting in a lefty worth it most of the time. Especially the bottom half of the order where Gordon usually bats.
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  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure, okay. They held Gordon in a 40-man spot for an entire off-season because they hate him and are incompetent. Yeah yeah, I get it.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m also skeptical he can continue with a 120 OPS+ but I’m not going to look a gift horse in the mouth so hey, Nick Gordon is great! Yay!
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Joe Mauer had a career .740 OPS against LHP. Lefties don’t hit lefties, there’s no reason to even try. What the Twins are doing is wildly effective, don’t mess with it.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m not trying to take anything away from Gordon but the coaching staff has managed him extremely well. And it’s not the case you can easily limit a LHB to seeing LHP 17% of the time. Find me a other lefty guy with that number of PAs with only 17% against LHP.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Well said.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    They’ve underestimated him so much that he has a below average OPS against LHP, which they’ve managed away to the tune of allowing him to face LHP only 17% of the time. That’s REALLY hard to do, as opposing managers champ at the bit to throw a lefty against the likes of Nick Gordon any time after the fourth inning.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Given how torn up the outfield is right now, I might give him a shot.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    This is a classic case of a front office and coaching staff getting the absolute maximum out of a player and they deserve some recognition for it. Nick Gordon was destined for the waiver wire 12 months ago after scuffling between the minors and majors and suffering long-haul Covid. It was apparent he wasn't going to be an MLB shortstop so they re-cast him on the fly, trying him all over the diamond. In 250 PAs, Nick Gordon now has a 119 OPS+ on the season. How'd he get there? By the front office and coaching staff being *very* aggressive with his platoon usage. He has 207 PAs against RHP and only 43 PAs against LHP.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Stop threatening existing MLB cities with relocation and expand the damned sport to 32 teams already. Then re-division the sport into eight four-team divisions with two wild card entries. All division winners get a bye.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    What’s more likely is that this just happens to relievers. All the time.
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