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  1. Major League Ready
    If you bothered to actually consider what I said you would have realized my statement in no way suggests they should not sign impact pitchers. It should not be to hard to deduce that if free agent SPs are far more productive in their first year or two, then signing them for the "long-term" does not make sense. If you only get a year or two with a high probability of success it would make sense to add when the other pieces are in place which was clearly the message if you look back. You have reduced the conversation to twisting it to absurdity in suggesting that this means they should only rely on developing pitching.
  2. Major League Ready
    Why play anyone who is not part of the future in a year we are not going to contend. Why not use that time to develop Larnach or Celestino? If they fail you could give Wallner or Martin a shot mid-season. Dedicating a roster spot / playing time to anyone that is not a long-term difference maker makes no sense.
  3. Major League Ready
    What's the difference if you have 2 SPs contribute 300 IP and 2 RPs contribute 140 vs 4 SPs contributing 110 IP each. It's literally identical. It's actually probably less stress because they are not up and down like RPs.
  4. Major League Ready
    In the unlikely event the White Sox had a deal with Rodon to match any offer we would not be able to sign him. If such a deal did not exist they did not extend a QO because they knew better. So I fail to see your logic. It seems like desperation. That's just fine for fans. Not so good for a FO.
  5. Major League Ready
    I realize there are decent options that are not 5 year contracts but have you ever listed all of the 5+ year deals and looked at WAR by year, specifically after year 1? There have been a couple guys like Scherzer and Grienke that performed over their entire contracts. Outside of these truly elite SPs, the majority of free agents SPs are not very productive after the 1st year. They are horrible after the first two years. Therefore, if history repeats itself, the strategy of getting them for the long haul is a really bad idea. The middle of the road guys are seldom difference makers. They are sometimes good supporting cast like Pineada.
  6. Major League Ready
    If there was an arrow in the center of the bullseye, this arrow would split it down the middle. As tough as it is for some folks to accept, the best case scenario is a product of developing pitching and it sure looks like the front office agrees with you. That said ... Rodon on a two-year deal would be great even if he becomes a trade chip.
  7. Major League Ready
    How do you know their 2022 budget? Have they stated an amount?
  8. Major League Ready
    Kepler is not getting traded for established pitching. It's possible in combination with other assets but teams willing to trade away establish pitching are going to want high quality prospects. Kepler has become the new Brian Duensing.
  9. Major League Ready
    Probably nobody without eating a lot of salary. However, who knows, he could have a great first half and be attractive to a contender especially with the universal DH in place. In that scenario the Twins have probably gotten a look at Miranda or Arraez becomes the everyday 3B. Seems like the question might be more when than where.
  10. Major League Ready
    I hear ya ... Top players have been and will continue to be paid an absurd amount of money. The prearb compensation should not be $600K while top players are making 50X that amount. The union talks about getting players more in the early years of their career but their actions are focused on the top paid players. They could raise the minimum to at least 800K/900K/1M. I would like to see $800K / 1.M / 1.2M. That would be almost 2X for prearb players somewhere in the neighborhood of $150M. It's also certain the money will be spent. Owners don't have to spend on free agents. Increasing the minimum assures the dollars spent, and rebuilding teams not only are not immune, they are the teams with the most prearb players a greater portion of the $150M would be spent by rebuilding teams. These changes would have virtually no impact on competitive balance. It’s also not going to appreciably change the careers earnings for players that are every day players. It will help wing some dollars to the marginal players and those whose careers end early. It would also help (just a little) in increasing the spending of rebuilding teams. Decreasing team control means increasing competitive disparity. Therefore, I would leave it just as it is. However, the 29 1/2 clause offered by the owners is further than I expected to bend but it is a reasonable compromise. It basically assures anyone good enough to stick around as a regular will get a chance at a big payday. This would provide even more advantage to the largest markets but not to the scale of what the players have demanded.
  11. Major League Ready
    They made no significant trades and spent very little in free agency. Are you advocating the twins follow their lead?
  12. Major League Ready
    I think we are going to see a very unconventional usage by the Twins this year and most likely a trend away from conventual usage across the league. I would not be surprised if the Twins have a few 3-5 inning starters and a number of 2 inning RPs and only 3-4 single inning RPs. I would not be shocked if Alcala was used in a 3-4 inning capacity. If that went really well he might transition to a traditional starting role. Then, again, they might feel his value is high leverage situations. It's going to be interesting. If they are used 3-4 innings at a time will they be used every 4th day on average or will it be a way to manage IP?
  13. Major League Ready
    Their inactivity would suggest they are thinking like you. They could trade away their best long-term assets for a 2 year shot at contention and hope it works out or they can use 2022 to position the team for the next decade. Fans tend to go for option 1, ownership and therefore front offices tend to go for option 2.
  14. Major League Ready
    Get back at the White Sox for not signing him. I am being 98% facetious but that's all I got.
  15. Major League Ready
    I would love to get Rodon on a 1 or 2 year deal. They played 500 ball the last 2 months with Pineda / Ober / Ryan. I never believed they we going to contend next year but I still would rather have a 500 team than a 70 win team. Maybe he becomes a trade piece or maybe he works out and signs an extension. Either way, Rodon on a short deal is a good deal.
  16. Major League Ready
    You have a point here. So, basically, playoff teams and their players split the gate. It's an incentive for both. National TV money is split by all the teams so it's basically a source of revenue sharing. I guess there would be pluses and minuses of making that playoff TV money an incentive. I would provide incentive but widen the revenue disparity gap if it went only to playoff teams. Another reality is that if revenue goes up via national TV revenue all teams have more to spend. I would bet at least 50% of that incremental revenue gets spent on players. Increased playoff revenue is a great thing for both sides and fans.
  17. Major League Ready
    How much they get paid and the question of if it’s good for the sport and good for fans are two very separate questions. Apparently, your understanding of the merit is superior to all of the executives in the other leagues combined. Let’s just for a moment presume that might not be the case and expanded playoffs are a good for the game and fans but compensation is inadequate compensation the players should negotiate a different deal. A quick Google search reveals that an average playoff ticket is $165 and the average stadium capacity is 42,675. Therefore, the average gate receipts per game are $7,041,375 with $3,520,687 going to players. That’s $67,705 to each player per game. Those poor bastards. How can they be expected to play a game for this pittance? The prearb guys would be making 20X what they make in a normal game. Not a lot of other employers paying 20X for overtime. The guys making a million dollars per start are getting that much on the hope they get your there so they have been taken care of quite well. Getting paid more than what the average American makes in a year to play one game seems pretty good. If they make a deep playoff run the players would make what an average American makes in a couple decades. That sure seems like good compensation but again, they should negotiate a different deal. If we want our ownership to take financial risks in order to put a contender on the field, shouldn't we be in favor of a financial reward for taking those risks?
  18. Major League Ready
    Miami and Oakland would have close to zero interest in Donaldson / Sano / Kepler. Donaldson would have negative value to either team. They want top prospects. Kirilloff / Miranda / Martin / Lewis and/or our very top pitching prospects. At least two of Kirilloff / Miranda / Martin / Lewis are gone in these scenarios and probably 3 of Balazovic / Winder / Enlow / Canterino / Duran and Sands. Therefore, a plan of trading for these established pitchers and bringing on these top prospects is probably mutually exclusive.
  19. Major League Ready
    I can't say that I have a good feel for his viability at SS. Hopefully, you are right. It does not track for me that they are not focusing his developmental time at SS if he is a legit SS prospect. Guys that are good SP prospects get most of their playing time at SS, right? Am I reading too much into them playing him at multiple positions?
  20. Major League Ready
    I agree on the importance of developing SPs. What makes Lewis pivotal is his ceiling but also the fact he is the only legit SS prospect with a high ceiling. Therefore, he is more pivotal than any one individual SP prospect because we are quite deep in pitching prospects.
  21. Major League Ready
    Have to agree he is the most pivotal prospect. I was so disappointed Lewis got hurt. What a killer after missing 2020. It just seems like a really bad idea to bring him to the MLB level until he has a chance to ramp up after being off for so long. I would love to know if they are considering Palacious. Seems like a stretch but how cool would it be if he made the leap?
  22. Major League Ready
    I would not call the change to service time drastic but it's certainly enough to be impactful. The result is that the biggest markets would get the biggest starts another year earlier. They also asked for a hundred million dollar reduction in revenue sharing. This combination would be pretty devastating to small markers and eventually baseball as a whole. The better solution is a salary floor and lottery. It's far from perfect but much better than widening the already giant disparity between the largest and smallest revenue markets. There is an opportunity to funnel the difference between the floor and spending to players. Again, this is not huge but an incremental gain. I would suggest distributing at least part of those funds to prearb players.
  23. Major League Ready
    The NFL is widely popular and you are extracting what you want instead of even considering the big picture. Do you think the NBA/NBA and NFL. are by incompetents who do not understand their playoff formats are bad for their sports. They all seem to be doing pretty well to me. When your opinion is contrary to the leadership in all of these various leagues, it might be time to pump the breaks and reconsider.
  24. Major League Ready
    Did the league or anyone here suggested anything even resembling 24 teams. Any concept is likely bad if exaggerated to the point of absurdity. The NHL and NBA have 16 teams. The NFL has 14. MLB has 8. I think MLB can push it to a dozen teams and in the process included several more teams. 16 was a bit too much but it did make the playoff races much more interesting. It was a good test. Now tweak it to 12 teams.
  25. Major League Ready
    I doubt Oakland is not letting Aj Puk go if they move one or more of their established SPs.
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