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  1. Vanimal46
    Jed Lowrie signs with the Mets. 2/$20 ish range. The Mets are continuing to spend money and trying to win. I commend them for that.
  2. Vanimal46
    We'll see. They're pretty similar cases as former All-stars coming off of terrible seasons. Schoop has youth being 2 years younger and what, $2 million cheaper?
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    He is a great bounce back candidate for the Nats. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he had 1-2 more great seasons in him.
  4. Vanimal46
    Kyler Murray is listed at 5'11" 195 lbs. We'll see how accurate that is soon enough at the NFL combine. Russell Wilson when he entered the draft: 5'11" 204 lbs. http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/russell-wilson?id=2532975 Russell has held up just fine over the years behind a horrendous OL for at least half of his career. And almost certainly has bulked up during his time in the league.
  5. Vanimal46
    The last time the Braves had a payroll above 14th in the league was 2008, when they had the 10th highest payroll in baseball. They're a mid market team.
  6. Vanimal46
    Brewers, Braves, Oakland, Tampa, Rockies.
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    The player's union reps are doing them a disservice right now by not having payroll tied to revenue. Implementing a salary cap/floor was something I proposed a page ago. I think that would be a smart thing to do since owners already treat the luxury tax number as the cap. That number should climb annually just like the NFL's salary cap number.
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    The person I quoted addressed that in a reply. https://twitter.com/cdgoldstein/status/1083362273559760903?s=19 The point is, there's an extra $1.3 billion in revenue that simply didn't exist in 2014. Yet 5 years later, players are getting paid about the same. Where's the extra $1.3 billion going? Certainly not to the players.
  9. Vanimal46
    I'm guessing players are begrudgingly accepting 1 year deals until the inevitable labor strike in 2021.
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    If Murray is drafted high in the 1st round he's already making more than his MLB draft bonus. And if he does well in the NFL to get that coveted 2nd contract he's making more than he ever would in baseball. In the past baseball was always thought of as the better option to have a longer career with guaranteed money. The way the sport is trending, where GMs want to generate the most value they can while players are on pre-arb contracts and cut them loose in FA, we can't say that anymore.
  12. Vanimal46
    Good for him. I think he can make a lot more money in the short term with football.
  13. Vanimal46
    Cruz is a significant upgrade, yes. Dozier was projected to be quite good at this time last year but obviously it didn't work out.
  14. Vanimal46
    Same range they've been in since 2016. Still haven't acquired a player or 2 to take them above the 77-85 win threshold, sadly. Sucks that they're perpetually stuck in the middle. I'll take the over and say 86 wins right now. Buxton and Sano can't possibly have as worse of a season than they did in 2018.
  15. Vanimal46
    I will offer this article as a starting point in the data collection. https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/1/8/18173625/free-agency-slow-signing-pace-manny-machado-bryce-harper
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  17. Vanimal46
    Maybe not but something needs to change. For as long as I can remember the pre-arb/arbitration structure has been in place. They accepted a smaller wage at the beginning in hopes of getting paid when they hit free agency. Well, the owners and GMs aren't holding up that end of the deal anymore. So players need to think about alternative methods to get paid what they're worth.
  18. Vanimal46
    To piggyback off of this, make it a penalty. The team below the salary cap floor has to pay the difference to teams in their division. The Rays can continue being an $80 million payroll club if they want, but they're handing the Yankees, Red Sox, Jays, and Orioles a check for $5 million a piece.
  19. Vanimal46
    Couldn't tell ya. Projections are just that until they sign the contract. From the surface level view Otto is projected too high, Brach too low.
  20. Vanimal46
    I've been thinking about this lately as I fully believe there is plenty of money in baseball. Free agency is broken and needs a severe overhaul by the next CBA. If Machado and Harper, 2 of the most coveted/star-studded free agents since A-Rod can't sign a contract in a quick fashion it's over. Some potential fixes for free agency and re-allocating the money: - Implement a negotiating window from Jan 1 to Feb 28. The most painful part of the Offseason is the seemingly endless window where teams can negotiate and sign with players. Teams clearly have no incentive to sign players early, so let's create some urgency. Only allow players to sign with new teams for 2 months. - Implement a salary floor/cap system. The luxury tax is already a fabricated salary cap that teams don't want to cross anymore. Make that the cap. Every team in baseball should be able to maintain a $100 million payroll floor. If they are financially not able to do it, move that team to a city that can generate better revenues. - Start a pay for current performance program. In this risk-averse sport, no one wants to play for any decline years. Yet everyone blissfully ignores the amazing value players provide while under pre-arbitration contracts. Since the owners are no longer holding up their end of the bargain, the good players should get paid when they're currently doing well.
  21. Vanimal46
    I agree with mostly all of this. I also don't want to rely on the young players to step up right away and also convert Romero to the bullpen just because they don't have better options. I also agree there is depth to make trades, a drum I've been beating all winter. However, there doesn't seem to be any urgency from Falvine to trade from their riches in the minors. I don't doubt that there are bargains to be found in FA, and some top money players won't live up to their contract. As a fan I can't confidently say player X is going to have his best season ever. Maybe the Twins do. What you do get for a higher price tag is a player with a better track record, a small variance between their best and worst seasons, and better odds they will produce good results. Take Oliver Perez for example. Near the top of the list in your sample, right? The discrepancy in ERA in just 2 seasons is over 3 runs. Is he a 1.39 ERA pitcher like 2018 or a 4.64 ERA pitcher like 2017? Those are the difficult decisions Falvey has to make when he's shopping in the bargain bin.
  22. Vanimal46
    There's really only 2 ways to go about this. Either spend only money to fix this unit, or trade prospects in July. Since there's no ambition to trade prospects, I don't see any other way to improve the bullpen. I don't think there are enough internal options who will be good enough for the MLB team in 2019.
  23. Vanimal46
    You hit the nail on the head. The only way the Twins are in the gambling zone in July is if lightning strikes and luck is on their side. They certainly aren't setting themselves up for 'sustained success' right now. I'm so tired of wait and hope... It's time they prove they want to win before I take them seriously again.
  24. Vanimal46
    Oh boy. One less arm on the market.
  25. Vanimal46
    It's mostly because he did well when he was first called up. Pitchers tend to get a lot of leash when they are called up and succeed right away. If they don't, it's hard to get a real chance again. See Curtiss, John as an example.
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