Mr. Brooks

Paying the players less won't result in lower ticket prices or cable bills though. Those things are determined by supply and demand, the players pool of that money is then determined by their ability to collectively bargain and/ot negotiate in FA for their cut.

But saving money on your first pick allows you to draft less of those non prospect filter types with your early round picks.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if the Twins do indeed stick with just an 11 man pitching staff. But, I'll believe it when I see it.

Bizzare they wait until now to do this. This definitely brings my Falvine fanboy level down a few notches.

Yes, but some (most) picks have almost no chance of ever being prospects.

I could be wrong on this. But, I seem to recall that if you get hurt in MLB Spring Training, you go on the MLB disabled list. Which, of course, would start the service time clock. This would explain why teams would be hesitant to bring legit prospects, until/unless they are close enough the the majors to actually be worth that risk.

Teams don't like to make specific offers that can be used to leverage against another team. Of course, eventually an actual offer has to be made.

I can't tell if you really can't tell if he's serious or not.

Sure, but the onus of that pragmatism needs to be on the individuals. If the Democratic party itself ever speaks out against it, then they've lost me. Maybe they gain two in exchange, that's their prerogative, I guess. But I wouldn't support them.

Not to mention the long term profitability that being viewed as a champion gives a team. There is a reason why the Yankees bring in vastly more revenue than the Mets. They have a championship pedigree. Everywhere in the world you see Yankees garb, you won't find many people outside of Queens wearing Mets gear.

Those things may or may not all be true, but I'm not willing to support a party that doesn't respect peaceful protest. I'm hardly a one issue voter, but if I were ranking them, personal liberty would be right up near the top.

I understand that is the title of the thread, but not all of us who want Darvish, do so at any cost.

Who are you listing as #4 starters? I see a 2 and a 3 (Berrios and Santana), then a whole bunch of #5 types. I guess those who think Gibson's second half is more trend than mirage could include him as a #4, but I'm not a believer.

A #4 starter that makes the league minimum has a lot of value. It allows you to not have to spend $13-$18 million on one in FA.

If anyone realistically thought he was an ace (depending on how a person defines that), we probably wouldn't be having this discussion, because he'd be well out of the Twins financial reach.

Agree. I thought that was the difference in the game.

Well, I have to admit, I underestimated the Eagles. They played an unbelievable game. Congrats to them, but not their fans.

I think Biden can credibly project a more sane populist type alternative to eat significantly into Trump's base. Someone like Sanders (Who I love), or Warren, or Booker only gets votes that were never considering Trump anyway. I really think the Dems need a candidate who can swing a decent chunk of Trump's base, especially in blue collar swing states.

Perhaps that is why nobody is suggesting anything close to what he'd get on the open market if he were entering his prime? The terms being discussed are already discounted to reflect his expected decline.

I'm talking about really good players. Not players whose playing time would be in doubt.

Would Joe Biden do anything for you. I think he's the best kryptonite for Trump that the Dems currently have.

I think Lewis is the only one who could fetch a difference maker right now.

I still don't think it works in baseball. Unlike the NFL, where guys play right after being drafted, the investment of milb development is a huge part of baseball. Teams would have little chance of recouping that investment.

Spycake previously posted that he adjusted it to 0.8, because pitchers tend to decline more severely than position players.

The owners should be able to do that. So should the players. That's what bargaining is for. People complaining about millionaire players wanting more only seem to agree with half of that though, and I don't understand it. If the market can bear more, they'll get more. If it can't, they won't. There is really no need to bash them for trying to get the most earning potential as they can (you're not, but I assume you were responding to me, and I was responding to those who were). People, I'd hope, attempt the same in every career. When it's a middle class worker, it's mostly seen as righteous. When it's millionaires people call them crybabies, and mock their ability to feed their family. And it's not just any millionaire. I don't think people react the same way if it's a surgeon or software executive. But, most of us played sports at some point. So, some say "it's just a game! What obscene money!" Ok, sure, in that sense, they don't really contribute much to society, compared to a doctor or even a banker. But, neither do the owners. And, it's not the players, or the owners fault that they are making millions and billions off a game. It's the fans. There is demand. That is how business works for the most part. If people stopped giving their money, the prices would have to go down to attract customers, then salary and profits would go down. I just don't get the resentment. It's one thing to resent obscene profits for things we need. Food, healthcare, housing, whatever. Nobody needs baseball. Who cares how much they make? Just eliminate yourself from the demand if it annoys you (again, not you specifically). Nobody should be disrespected for trying to get their fair share of the profits. To someone making just above minimum wage mopping floors, the bank president making 250k seems obscene. But that guy, if he tries to leverage a raise, is probably just seeing more profits coming into the bank, he's likely not being greedy. And, to someone making pennies in a third world sweatshop, they probably think it's pathetic that the guy making 8 bucks an hour mopping floors is complaining.