backwardsk
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It’s more like $150k under the owner’s proposal. So, only a $400K haircut on a $550k deal. And when they test positive for Covid, do they get paid at all? I don’t know. I know that in the NFL proposal, they wouldn’t.
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7 minutes ago, Chuck A said:
I won't be going to Camden Yards in the near future period. Living in NC, I had planned out several minor league games this year in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Durham, Hickory, Kannapolis, and Asheville. There are a few more minor league towns that I just don't see us traveling to (mostly eastern part of the state). I had early April tickets reserved with the hopes of seeing AR with Delmarva. I would still go to minor league games this summer. But I won't have the chance since they are cancelled.
Do they still play in Kinston?
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1 hour ago, Frobby said:
I think what’s going on here is that MLB figures to lose money during the regular season but make money in the playoffs due to the much larger TV revenue that comes with that part of the season. So, short regular season with a full set of playoffs (or even extended playoffs) suits them fine.
I don’t really blame one side more than the other. The players reached a deal in March and now the owners don’t want to stick with it. But nobody was expecting at the time that the season would be played without fans. It’s a mess.
Shouldn’t the owners have known that it would be a possibility though when the NBA shut down? Why wouldn’t they have built that scenario into their agreement when they said they would pay the players 100% of the prorated games? The owners made a bad deal for themselves and they want a do-over.
The owners don’t want a season.
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Spending so much time with my wife and kids make me miss baseball more. Haha. It’s honestly going to be difficult to get excited if they manage to do anything this year. But if they can start the 2021 season on schedule, I’m fully in despite the labor disputes.
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Not sure why or how the Nationals are scheduled to contract two teams, but then add a new team. Why not just contract one team?
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Would you go to a casino this summer? If not, what if you have some winning tickets from the sports book that expire at the end of the year?
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14 minutes ago, atomic said:
I wonder if MLB is hiding positive cases of MLB players. Have we heard of a single MLB player who has covid? The other leagues have all reported positive cases.
I doubt it. These NFL guys are getting tested now because the facilities are opening up. The ones like Von Miller and the Rams center disclosed their diagnosis themselves. Anthony Gandy-Golden tested positive during the draft process and waited until after the draft to disclose his positive test. MLB players may have it and know they have it, but don’t have any obligation to disclose it.
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Aside from the compensation aspect, have the owners and MLBPA determined how to handle positive cases? Or is that up in the air? Saw that “multiple” Cowboys (Elliott being one) and Texans have it. If you test positive, but aren’t feeling sick, do you go an “injured” list of some kind, or do you get to play?
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20 hours ago, RZNJ said:
Frontline pitching is the toughest thing to draft. Name the teams with 3/5 of a top homegrown rotation. Name the teams with the best rotations in baseball. How many are homegrown? The old Oakland A's did it with Mulder, Hudson, and Zito. Like a perfect storm. It doesn't happen very often. Or maybe it does and someone will point it out to me. The O's had Palmer, Flanagan, McGregor, and Boddicker. That was pretty impressive but Palmer was going out as Boddicker was coming in.
Most successful staffs bring in outside pitching, but it’s not all that uncommon to win with a homegrown staff. The Mets won the NLCS not that long ago with de Grom, Niese, Syndergaard, and Harvey. (I know that Thor was drafted by Toronto, but not counting him as homegrown would be like the Orioles not counting Tillman)
The 2014 Giants had Bumgarner, Vogelsong, Cain, and Lincecum make 113 starts.
Not sure if you’d count 2016 Indians as only Tomlin of Kluber, Tomlin, Bauer, Carasco, and Salazar was drafted by Cleveland. But that staff combined for one MLB season outside of Cleveland.
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19 minutes ago, sylvester said:
I thought we should have drafted more pitching. Didn't we draft 3 shortstops last year early and two more this year. You never have enough pitching. You can have too many shortstops.
Many guys who get selected as SS end up playing all over the diamond. Chipper Jones, Gary Sheffield, Tony Womack, Preston Wilson, Michael Tucker, Manny Machado were all drafted are all examples of guys drafted as SS who primarily played elsewhere.
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The Indians drafted Logan Allen. Yet, they already had Logan Allen.
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19 minutes ago, ScGO's said:
Needs to come get it at 3rd and play through those routine balls. If he can get more aggressive and find some rhythm, that arm can play at 3rd no doubt.
PS: Worked for this company (Baseball Factory) for 5 five years; sketchy folks on the business side, but learned so much about scouting during my time there from the baseball folks. It motivated me to start a charitable LLC down here in western NC to provide the same services without the huge costs. Not that Mayo would have paid for anything from BF or PG. BF and Perfect Game fly these elite guys in for free and use their names to scam good players (D3, D2, NAIA, etc) out of thousands. I work with good and great players; the elite players don't need me or anyone else really. I apologize for the rant; it just irks me when I see anything Baseball Factory or Perfect Game around. On the whole, I don't think they are good for growing the game of baseball.
I think this tangent would be good separate thread. I find this interesting. Also, I think we used to have a prominent poster who works for Perfect Game.
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Meet Coby. Going to root a little harder for this guy.
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3 minutes ago, SteveA said:
And if we had a mid to late first round pick, that plan might be more palatable. You don't get a #2 pick all that often, hate to not get full value out of it. We consoled ourselves that suffering through at 108 loss season would at least get us a special player who could jumpstart the rebuild. Well, I don't think it did now. Best case we got a much better 4th round pick longterm than most, but we didn't come out of this draft with a top-5 player and that means the suffering of last season was for naught IMO.
Don’t worry. We’ll have more top 5 picks in the coming years.
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The ESPN broadcast made it sound like he wouldn’t stick at short. More likely a 2B or utility guy who can play a little OF.
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Second guy they’ve drafted where an analyst has brought up flaws in their swing. Is this something they’ve identified and believe they can fix?
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Loved listening to Ben McDonald on ESPN2.
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I can’t believe the Bengals blew their number 1 overall on Burrow. Dude is older than Lamar Jackson and has never won a playoff game. SMH.
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4 hours ago, Enjoy Terror said:
2013 was noteworthy for being the Chris Davis Show and little else. It was a mediocre season.
Yet the sixth most wins in the past quarter century for this organization.
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How long does this go tonight? Just to 29 or the competitive balance picks too?
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1 minute ago, joelala said:
Pissed as well. Kjerstad's swing looks like it has a really odd timing mechanism where he dips his hands very low. If he doesn't fix it he'll get hammered up and in.
I’d like to hear in an interview what they’ve identified in his swing and what they will work on mechanically.
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Someone give the phonetic spelling, please.
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MLB tracker does not say Martin.
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Ryan Zimmerman.
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NEW 60 GAME Proposal [Baseball is Back!]
in Orioles Talk
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I know if I get it, I’ll still get paid.