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Whoohoo! More walks! Nothing more exciting than a guy walking to first.

I'm fine with undoing what they did a few years ago. Which appears to be more or less what is happening.

I think they are very reluctant to allow teams to relocate and if it were to happen other teams would be superior candidates.

How many teams have moved in the last 50 years?

I can see the two year extension simply serving as a window for them to hammer out the details of the new agreement. The Angelos family does have a reputation for being deliberate.

Sorry, right, meant State.

Sounds like the team wants the city to spend money on the stadium. Typical.

No team is going to make personnel decisions based off of steals of first. That's just ridiculous.

I'm good with very low. Thanks anyway.

I'm of the mind that it's the exact opposite. I don't think cost cutting like this increases the value of the property. I think they are just pulling all the profit they can out of it.

What percentage of at bats go 10+ at bats?

But as long as the pitchers give up more HR (with more runners on) than the hitters hit it's a net win. Right?

I could see some players whose home runs become out make swing adjustments to emphasis contact to a greater degree. As for what they could do, they could also make gloves smaller and put a bunch of debris in the field to play, that will allow for more balls in play to lead to baserunners.

I don't think MASN ever loses money. God knows they don't spend a lot on the product.

Yes, if the guy picked after him ends up being the clearly superior player the pick won't look as good.

I saw your post and I was ...didn't he settle? So I went and dug it up.

But even so, he had a decent career, played for a lot longer than most of us think.

A bit?

Timing the first wave is one thing, but if you want sustained success you need to keep a pipeline of talent open. While 2012-2016 was a lot of fun, I'd rather the fun last longer.

And the O's had a similar situation with Wieters and Machado.

The Bundy trade was with the previous GM, back in 2019.

The exact same thing could be said about Ben McDonald.

I'd go so far as to say a run saved is slightly worse than a run scored. Since you ultimately have to score at least one run to win a game.

Ready is such a nebulous term, it can mean whatever Elias wants it to.