MLB Lockout Thread

[Can_of_corn]

 

The letter from Manfred to the fans.

https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/a-letter-to-baseball-fans

 

[Can_of_corn]

I think ownership wanted the lockout all along.

 

[Sports Guy]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

 

The letter from Manfred to the fans.

https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/a-letter-to-baseball-fans

 

He’s such a douche

[Frobby]

I wonder how many pages this thread will consume?

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

I wonder how many pages this thread will consume?

I expect someone to start one in the Orioles Talk section and that one to take off. 

[joelala]

1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

He’s such a douche

Terrible leader. This letter reeks of weakness. 

[Sports Guy]

4 minutes ago, joelala said:

Terrible leader. This letter reeks of weakness. 

He’s the worst.  It’s astounding to me that the owners are good with him being in there.

 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

He’s the worst.  It’s astounding to me that the owners are good with him being in there.

 

I think it is harder to exert influence over someone who is supremely competent in their role.

[ExileAngelos]

I never would have dreamed we would ever see a worse commissioner than Goodell.  I was wrong.

[Just Regular]

I liked the cherry pick about 4X November.   November, friends, November.

CoC may ultimately be correct the early spenders are leading indicators of a more player friendly future, but I feel some of it may also have been the Clubs wanting a few shiny objects for this memo.

[SteveA]

4 hours ago, Just Regular said:

I liked the cherry pick about 4X November.   November, friends, November.

CoC may ultimately be correct the early spenders are leading indicators of a more player friendly future, but I feel some of it may also have been the Clubs wanting a few shiny objects for this memo.

Yep, I think the owners  were basically told... if you're already planning on being big spenders anyway, spend it quick in November.   The dumb fans will see $100M contracts and $40M AAV contracts  and get upset at what the players are making, then when we do the lockout we'll start the PR blitz about how the players are trying to change the system drastically in their favor.

It's all about the spin.

Even Elias took part, probably spent more on Lyles than he had planned to spend the entire offseason.

[OriolesMagic83]

Yeah the owners have me convinced they're losing money.  Just about every half way decent free agent starter is already signed, Scherzer blew away the average contract value and even Cobb got $20  million.  Money's really tight. 

[MDtransplant757]

On 12/2/2021 at 1:28 PM, ExileAngelos said:

I never would have dreamed we would ever see a worse commissioner than Goodell.  I was wrong.

He makes Gary Bettman look like a genius

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

9 minutes ago, MDtransplant757 said:

He makes Gary Bettman look like a genius

Now that’s a low blow and I totally approve of it. 

[Just Regular]

It was new to me in this podcast that Patches on Uniforms is something else alongside Playoff Expansion the league is seeking, and that at least in this discussion, the guess of $8mm/year/Club would be enough extra revenue to support approximately doubling the minimum wage.

Britt Ghiroli at the end talking about Buck/Mets also raised a chicken/egg with Buck non-use of analytics late in Orioles tenure...was it that he didn't want them, or that the Orioles just didn't have them as the MLB payroll had all the investment?