Take this for what it's worth....

[TonySoprano]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Fixed that.

Dan's already taken a flame thrower to the payroll.  Is the payroll dump really a change in organizational philosophy, or a way to make it easier to sell the team, or both?

[ORIOLE33]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I'm fine with the seating, I just don't understand how that small a park comes in at around 900M.

Not sure where they expect to get that funding.

Probably because it’s in Florida. Down there it has to the “bells and whistles” that an old fashion ballpark like OPACY doesn’t need.

[Satyr3206]

1 minute ago, TonySoprano said:

Dan's already taken a flame thrower to the payroll.  Is the payroll dump really a change in organizational philosophy, or a way to make it easier to sell the team, or both?

Both, no doubt in my mind.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, TonySoprano said:

Dan's already taken a flame thrower to the payroll.  Is the payroll dump really a change in organizational philosophy, or a way to make it easier to sell the team, or both?

I was talking about Brooks and Eddie.

 

As for payroll, It isn't as much lower as I would have taken it.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, ORIOLE33 said:

Probably because it’s in Florida. Down there it has to the “bells and whistles” that an old fashion ballpark like OPACY doesn’t need.

That's Miami, not sure it's Tampa/St Pete.  We are more the early bird special crowd down here.

[Going Underground]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Tried the Sagamore Spirit Rye Whiskey, didn't think it was all that great.

Baltimore Whiskey is better and run by real people.The hotel they run is way overpriced .

[spiritof66]

This makes sense -- doesn't mean it's true, but it's plausible.

I very much doubt MLB owners would approve a move out of Baltimore until after the resolution of stadium issues and possible moves by Tampa Bay and Oakland, and then expansion to 32 teams.  

[Hallas]

I wish we could make the Orioles municipally-owned or association-style ownership like FC Barcelona where you can pay membership dues to get a stake in the organization.  Too bad I'm pretty sure the owners would shoot that down in a heartbeat.  

It'd be pretty awesome to have elections for club president though...

[TonySoprano]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

I was talking about Brooks and Eddie.

 

As for payroll, It isn't as much lower as I would have taken it.

O.K. I'll play. If you dump Davis, you're still on the hook for a very large chunk of his salary.  Jones enforced his 10-5 rights.  Trumbo may be an August waiver trade, maybe not.  So other than him, Cobb, and Cashner, all that's left in 2019 is arb and pre-arb guys.   What's your plan?

[Satyr3206]

9 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

What’s wrong with 31K? You know they have trouble drawing down there. Longoria has suggested that they might consider moving.

The demographic in Florida isn't good for Professional Teams. Too many transplants who don't identify with the team and too many retired people.

[foxfield]

15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sure.

Just saying if a city wants a team it best be willing to drop a B.

The Altimore Orioles?

 

I kid.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, TonySoprano said:

O.K. I'll play. If you dump Davis, you're still on the hook for a very large chunk of his salary.  Jones enforced his 10-5 rights.  Trumbo may be an August waiver trade, maybe not.  So other than him, Cobb, and Cashner, all that's left in 2019 is arb and pre-arb guys.   What's your plan?

I would have tried to move Bundy.  I'd be seeking a buyout with Davis.  Of course try and move Trumbo as well.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, foxfield said:

The Altimore Orioles?

 

I kid.

I suppose I deserved that.

[spiritof66]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm fine with the seating, I just don't understand how that small a park comes in at around 900M.

Not sure where they expect to get that funding.

You can follow the misadventures of the Trop's replacement on Neil deMause's Field of Schemes website: http://www.fieldofschemes.com/

Here are two recent comments:

• MLB commissioner Rob Manfred thinks Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg will get a new stadium built, despite not having any idea how to pay for one, thanks to his “creative ability and persuasive ability in terms of getting something done,” while Tampa Bay Times columnist Ernest Hooper says “with ingenuity, solutions can be found” — like how about building school offices into a stadium and selling off school administrative buildings, huh, didja think of that one, smartypants? “There always will be naysayers who dismiss every idea and every project with cynicism,” writes Hooper — hey, it’s the Jim Host Fallacy!
• Another Tampa Bay Times columnist, Daniel Ruth, had a far more acerbic take on the Rays’ stadium plans, boggling at the $892 million price tag for what would be MLB’s smallest stadium at a time when “public transportation is barely above the level of rickshaws.” Then he closed with the suggestion that Tampa could build “a museum dedicated to the history of architectural renderings of all the stuff that’s never happened,” called “the Field of Schemes Institute of Higher Chutzpah.” Which is a lovely thought and much appreciated, but shouldn’t it really be the Field of Schemes Center for the Study of Vaportecture?

[Ripken]

5 minutes ago, TonySoprano said:

O.K. I'll play. If you dump Davis, you're still on the hook for a very large chunk of his salary.  Jones enforced his 10-5 rights.  Trumbo may be an August waiver trade, maybe not.  So other than him, Cobb, and Cashner, all that's left in 2019 is arb and pre-arb guys.   What's your plan?

 

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

I would have tried to move Bundy.  I'd be seeking a buyout with Davis.  Of course try and move Trumbo as well.

Jones is done in two months.  Trumbo might be playing himself into an August waiver deal, if not he'll likely be moved next year.  Cashner is in the same boat.  I pray Davis is off this team soon, one way or the other.  Cobb isn't moveable, but could be next year if he's having a good season.  That's it.