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  1. Major League Ready
    I am not sure what you are asking. If the position players are so bad that we are a 42 win team there is no hope. Does not matter what you do with the rotation. The 2022 teams are not coming anywhere near contention. However, we were a 500 team the last 2 months of 2021 without Berrios so essentially the difference being contemplated is trading Donaldson who was a 3 WAR player. Let's also keep in mind there were a few rookie SPs that had prominent roles on playoff teams last year. If we are a 42 win team with Ober / Ryan / Pineda / Bundy and whatever combination of Jax / Winder / Balazovic or whoever they throw in, we need to blow up the whole team now.
  2. Major League Ready
    Yes, because it's their secret wish to be as bad as possible, Any FO office or any sophisticated business for that matter evaluates multiple different avenues to reach their goals. Any competent FO is going to evaluate how various strategies impact their long-term future and sustainability. Many fans put 90% of the weight on next year. How much discussion was there here about the best strategy for returning to contention that was not solely focused on 2022. How much better positioned are we in 2023 and beyond if we establish a couple more home grown SPs and transition Miranda and Martin onto the roster? Obviously, there is no guarantee a couple SPs will step or that Miranda and Martin will transition to MLB. There is also no guarantee that free agent SPs or trades will work out. Darvish sucked the last half of the year and Snell was not all that good the entire year. The difference is that investing a year in developing these prospects that are ready has a much longer term impact.
  3. Major League Ready
    They made no significant trades and spent very little in free agency. Are you advocating the twins follow their lead?
  4. 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?
  5. Major League Ready
    If the current team minus Berrios and Donaldson is even remotely close to a 42 win team we we should just do a complete rebuild.
  6. 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.
  7. Major League Ready
    Get back at the White Sox for not signing him. I am being 98% facetious but that's all I got.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. 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.
  12. Major League Ready
    I have simply pointed out that it is in their best interest to protect their product which aligns with fan interests. The players most recent demands clearly shows their only interest is getting every dime they can. Are you really going to argue the owners will protect fan interests and the game itself more so than the players association?
  13. Major League Ready
    I am sorry but failing to recognize someone or some team with far more money is far more apt to spend more money lacks even the most basic of reason. Also, no matter how often someone here suggests the budget should be based on historical highs or even last season, businesses don't set their budget based on history. The personnel budgets are a product of revenue estimates and projected operating costs. Do you suppose most people spend less when they make less?
  14. 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?
  15. Major League Ready
    You have got to be kidding me. Why are teams with $100M or $200M or $300M more in revenue signing the largest contracts. Do you really need this phenomena explained? I mean really, you are not even trying to look at this objectively. You are literally asking why people with more money spend more money. Do you think your perception of the problem might be off?
  16. 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.
  17. 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?
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Major League Ready
    If winning has nothing to do with revenue, why are they signing players to $100M, $200M or even $300M plus contracts? Buy a share of stock and go to a board meeting. Ownership cares about their product and their fans far more than employees in general. Employees have self-interest at mind and when there is an opportunity to generate generational wealth by age 35, there is a laser focus on "getting theirs". We (the fans) fund this league. We should be thinking in terms of what's best for the game and that includes the small markets. The players focus and their proposals is harmful to small markets and ultimately harmful to the game. when those small markets can't compete. Where is the focus on paying prearb players more? Why don't current players care about better compensation for Milb players. They don't care because they are already past the stage of their career so it could not possibly be of benefit for them. Their focus is getting every dollar they can and the game or fans is a very distant second to that goal. The last thing we should want should be the players dictating how MLB operates.
  21. 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.
  22. Major League Ready
    Perhaps this is the problem at it's core. The teams want to do what's best for the team and players want every dollar possible to go to them. Employees don't dictate how a business is run. What should the teams do? Follow less effective business practices because it means more money for the players? Obviously, this trend exists because it makes teams and players better. Would you want our team to avoid investing in these areas because the money could have went to player's salaries? Who do you think is more driven by the best interest of baseball and the team. The owner who obviously has a much greater long-term interest or the players who are obviously most interested in getting every dollar they can? Granted, the owner's interest is financial too but at least their interests align directly with the best interests of the game and it's fans.
  23. Major League Ready
    What does this have to do with the fact that in recent years teams have added a significant number of analysts and player development staff? The players are refusing to work basically because they want the split go back to what it was without considering industry changes. The specific percentage compared to another industry is irrelevant. The point is the trend and that trend is a product of some of the budget for player salaries to investment in analysts and developmental staff.
  24. Major League Ready
    I doubt Oakland is not letting Aj Puk go if they move one or more of their established SPs.
  25. Major League Ready
    Wish that would have happened last year!
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