Official MLB Thread

2013-03-06 13:57:02

#1126

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5578|London, England

I hope Jason Bay resurrects his career with you guys. Always like him as a person, because you could tell he tried his ass off, even if the results with the Mets were... unsightly.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-03-29 10:15:24

#1127

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6511|Washington St.

Verlander: $180 Million over 7 years.

Just ridiculous.

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2013-03-29 10:19:46

#1128

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5578|London, England

More ridiculous than the Felix deal? Meh.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-03-29 10:32:13

#1129

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6511|Washington St.

well... $5 mil more ridiculous

2013-03-29 10:33:57

#1130

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5578|London, England

All baseball contracts are ridiculous. They get paid monopoly money

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-03-29 10:38:19

#1131

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6511|Washington St.

He was porking Kate Upton at one point too. Some people just get it all.

2013-03-29 10:43:44

#1132

CC-Marley: Member; +407|7049

I'd like to see the other major sports go the route of the NFL. You don't perform. You can get cut. All this guaranteed money is ridiculous. Also have a salary cap.

2013-03-29 10:53:23

#1133

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6511|Washington St.

I kind of like the idea of the tax in MLB. I think it should be more like 2x or 3x instead of just 1 but it allows for teams to go over should they want to and have the means to (and this coming from a lifetime yankee hater too). To me it's fair.

But yeah paying someone a guaranteed amount to sit on the bench with a bruised pinky all season is pretty much bullshit.

2013-03-29 10:56:09

#1134

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5806

It is called the free market. Who are you to question the free market?

2013-03-29 11:18:26

#1135

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5578|London, England

CC-Marley wrote:
I'd like to see the other major sports go the route of the NFL. You don't perform. You can get cut. All this guaranteed money is ridiculous. Also have a salary cap.

On the flip side, the way that the NFL chews up players and spits them out as soon as they get hurt is pretty disgusting.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-03-29 11:20:28

#1136

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5578|London, England

And MLB teams have absolute control of their players for their first six years in the majors, limiting their compensation every step of the way. Teams don't have to offer guaranteed contracts to players, but they're not going to sign many good ones without the guarantee. It's just how the system developed over time.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-03-29 11:23:55

#1137

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6511|Washington St.

They used to have absolute control over them (and their salary) for the entirety of their career so it's getting better. I guess we're just in the middle of that evolution

2013-04-02 10:18:44

#1138

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6852|949

Jay wrote:
And MLB teams have absolute control of their players for their first six years in the majors, limiting their compensation every step of the way. Teams don't have to offer guaranteed contracts to players, but they're not going to sign many good ones without the guarantee. It's just how the system developed over time.

Not absolute control. Players are eligible for arbitration after year 3 if they aren't signed to a deal.

2013-04-02 10:19:24

#1139

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5578|London, England

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Jay wrote:
And MLB teams have absolute control of their players for their first six years in the majors, limiting their compensation every step of the way. Teams don't have to offer guaranteed contracts to players, but they're not going to sign many good ones without the guarantee. It's just how the system developed over time.
Not absolute control. Players are eligible for arbitration after year 3 if they aren't signed to a long term deal.

Well, yeah, but it's not like the player can jump to a different team if he doesn't like what he gets in arbitration.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-04-02 19:59:49

#1140

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6511|Washington St.

That sucks for Darvish

2013-04-02 20:00:50

#1141

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5578|London, England

One out to go, so close

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-04-02 20:19:50