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  1. Major League Ready
    All of these networks are broadcast on a variety of streaming services.
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    Good question! I didn't think Seattle was giving up on of those SPs without a king's ransom. You have to believe they had lots of suitors, and it didn't happen.
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    I wanted to believe in Camargo. He has not been great at AAA and I saw him in person when Camargo he was up this year. He looked terrible and overmatched. Granted, that was one day but it was not pretty. I was hoping they would draft a college catcher last year in the 3rd-5th round. It would have been really ideal if they could have gotten a AA or AAA catcher for Polanco even if it cost them addition assets. Perhaps they could pull that off this off-season if Julien / Kirilloff rebound.
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    First of all, misleading your customers is a terrible way to run a business and you condoning it says a lot. Secondly, I simply don't buy your objection is the messaging. Even if it was, the catalyst for loss attendance is still the payroll decrease. Third, your claim in this thread was they cost themselves millions. Your continuous rant is all about how much this is costing the team and you don't even understand you have to count the cost savings compared to the revenue loss. Plus, there is a reasonable chance they make up that difference before the end of the year with continued good play going forward. BTW ... What would have been acceptable IMO would have been to say they would be very difficult to manage any multi year signings given the increases scheduled for next year and left it at that. .
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    Unless losing the BAM money somehow kept fans away it is completely irrelevant to this conversation The loss of BAM money will impact profitability but it has zero impact on attendance. Cutting payroll is the variable you are claiming resulted in 54,000 less fans. You might be right but what does that have to do with the presence BAM or lack therefore? How does BAM correlate with attendance? Absolutely nothing. So, yes, nice doing business with you while you demonstrate once again you don't understand finance.
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    They are down 54,000 fans at this point so let’s say they end 100,000 down in attendance. At $60/person which is generous that’s $6M and they give half to opposing teams. They spent $30M less and lost $3M. Your inability to see the net is the root of our disagreement. You also insisted (over & over) during the course of the spending conversation that anyone that did not understand losing Polanco was catastrophic just did not get it. Had they kept him, Polanco would be at 2B and Lee would be in the minors.
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    You just completely dodged the question. If they responded to a reporter, would you have criticized them for not being transparent. That's what I see here all the time is contempt when they are not completely transparent. When they answer honestly, you complain just the same. Should they have lied or misled. Would that have made you fell better. The messaging was bad no doubt but let's face this is 100% a bitch about reducing spending not the messaging. All of the other rhetoric is a platform for you to continue to squak about spending.
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    Did they make an announcement or were they asked my someone in media who reported it. Those are two very different scenarios. In the former, they innitiate the action. In the other, they responded. If they announced it, should they have deceived would be season ticket buyers in order to make more sales? In the case they were asked, should they have lied or misled? If they had dogged the question, the narrative here would have been they are devious / cheap bastards instead of their PR is poor. While they no doubt were poor from a PR perspective there is no winning with the portion of fans who are focused on spending.
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    They almost all get their shot because of an injury so I am not sure what we are arguing. My fingers typed Garcia when I meant Evan Carter. There are many examples of 1st players making an impact. Cleveland has the best record in the AL and they were built on prospects and prearb players. The Orioles are much the same.
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    Lee appears to be better equipped to make throws from all the odd angles required when playing 2B.
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    Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran could have been included. Jorge Alcala has had his ups and downs and while we don't know if SWR is going to have a bumpy road at the ML level but his Milb experience was up and down.
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    How would Lee and Miranda have been able to "prove it" if they never got a chance because we are in the play-off hunt? How do you prove it's not just potential if you don't get a chance. Did you notice that Garcia played a major role in a world-series run and he did not even make his debut until September. Good thing Texas did not think you should hold players down if you are a playoff team.
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    Doncon has been the hotter of the two of late. Doncon has an OPS of .994 since 6/9. Gonzalez is .835. Gonzalez was out so he only has 60 ABs vs 108 for Doncon over that period. I am liking the exchange for Miller at the moment.
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    How long until we see Bengard to A+, Culpepper to AA, Mathews to AAA, Varland to the BP?
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    That's ironic given you were asked to provide a basis for your opinion. You are making a claim while providing no evidence. It seems perfectly reasonable to ask you to support your position with a few names.
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    Miranda is staking a claim to 1B. The two big questions are will Lewis or Lee end up at 2B and when will Rodriguez claim a spot.
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    I think it's Paddack until Festa or Matthews take his spot.
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    I would not bet on who is playing 1B. The rest seems pretty likely but 1B could go a lot of ways. I don't think Julien is the most likely. Miranda or Kirilloff would be my guess. The dark horse could be Yunior Severino who has been crushing it the last 6 weeks. His stat line for the last 27 games is .412 / .521 / .701 for a 1.222. OPS. Now try to figure out how the bench works out. There are a lot of possible scenarios.
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    How did this turn into expecting perfection. If you want to get back to reality, Buxton has a very low walk rate as a result of either poor pitch recognition or poor discipline. That's reality. It's a problem that prevents him from producing much better than he has for the last 1 1/2 years. Should we say oh shucks, nobody is perfect and not hope that players improve upon their weaknesses?
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    One AB means nothing. Buxton has the lowest BB% on the team other than Vazquez who strikes out before he ever gets a chance to walk. Buxton would be far more productive if he could learn to layoff sliders 8 inches off the plate.
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    I am a little confused. You point out Miami is not selling low on Luzardo. He is under control until 2027. They can bring him back and reestablish his value for an off-season trade or even wait until the deadline next year and still get a haul. So, why would they trade him for a "decent prospect" and some lottery tickets?
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    How is this a misuse? He did not try to say Farmer has been good all year. We all know Farmer had a miserable start. In acknowledging that poor start, Bean5302 said Farmer had been about league average since late April which you proclaimed was false. He then provided proof in the form of his wRC+ since 4/22. I don't know how the statement and his follow-up could have been more factual.
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    That's the point. You wrote him off just as you are writing off Julien, Wallner and anyone else that's not a 5+ year veteran. You really don't seem to grasp that developing young players is a prerequisite to success for this team. You literally root against the team doing what is most crucial to success. Trying looking around the league at the other teams outside the top ten in revenue that are successful. How were those teams constructed? They are absolutely dominated by young talent with a few veterans for leadership.
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    Trading for Snell (right now) might be the worst idea I have ever read on this site. Who knows, he could get healthy and thrive but there has to be a better option.
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    Last winter / spring you were on the same negative vibe you have with Miranda. You tend to view any player that is not a plus defender as not belonging on a ML roster.
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