October 26, 20214 yr What's really going on ... Marlins: "We've got money to spend and we're going to spend it this offseason." MLB: "Like fuck you will!"
October 26, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Michael said: What's really going on ... Marlins: "We've got money to spend and we're going to spend it this offseason." MLB: "Like fuck you will!"
October 26, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, Michael said: What's really going on ... Marlins: "We've got money to spend and we're going to spend it this offseason." MLB: "Like fuck you will!"
October 26, 20214 yr 52 minutes ago, Michael said: What's really going on ... Marlins: "We've got money to spend and we're going to spend it this offseason." MLB: "Like fuck you will!" Derek Jeter at Roger Dean in March when ST starts late following the lockout with basically the same roster as 2021: "Well we planned to do some things but obviously the work stoppage threw a wrench into that"
October 26, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, SonOfJack said: Derek Jeter at Roger Dean in March when ST starts late following the lockout with basically the same roster as 2021: "Well we planned to do some things but obviously the work stoppage threw a wrench into that" Sadly enough, I believe this, and have mentally prepared for it.
October 27, 20214 yr 46 minutes ago, Das Texan said: Manfred looks scared. And Tony Clark looks super confident
October 27, 20214 yr Just now, Michael said: When you're a foot shorter than the other dude, it can get intimidating. Yep and in this case he's also shorter than him in height.
October 27, 20214 yr Doesn't MLB have a work stoppage every night when they close business for the day and then restart again in the morning?
October 27, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, SilverBullet said: Doesn't MLB have a work stoppage every night when they close business for the day and then restart again in the morning? Nope. Merchandise sales throughout the night.
November 12, 20214 yr https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/11/mlb-proposes-replacing-arbitration-with-salaries-based-off-player-war-totals.html LOL MLB Proposes Replacing Arbitration With Salaries Based Off Player WAR Totals
November 12, 20214 yr Imagine if they went off that and scaled it based on the $8.4M per WAR or whatever Fangraphs concluded idea. "Well, shit, Jason put up a 15 WAR last year ... we owe him $126M this year!"
November 13, 20214 yr 22 hours ago, rmc523 said: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/11/mlb-proposes-replacing-arbitration-with-salaries-based-off-player-war-totals.html LOL MLB Proposes Replacing Arbitration With Salaries Based Off Player WAR Totals Ya I'm sure the Union is going to be all over that. Though maybe they will, if they standardize WAR (calculations part of the talks) and have it start with year 3 or something.
November 30, 20214 yr https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/11/mlb-reportedly-proposes-14-team-playoff-field-in-collective-bargaining-negotiations.html Quote Major League Baseball has proposed expanding the postseason field to fourteen teams in collective bargaining discussions with the Players Association, reports Jesse Rogers of ESPN. That’s hardly a surprise, as Commissioner Rob Manfred has publicly advocated for expanding the playoffs (reportedly preferring a 14-team setup) going back to last year, when the league and MLBPA agreed to a 16-team playoff during the shortened 2020 season. Under the proposed format, the top seed in each league would receive a bye — as is the case with the NFL’s current structure. However, Rogers adds that MLB’s proposal would allow the other two division winners in each league to choose which Wild Card team they’d prefer to face in the first round, which would take the form of a three-game series. The division winner with the second-best record in each league would have its pick of any of the four Wild Card clubs in its league; the final division winner would pick to face one of the other three Wild Card teams; the two Wild Card teams remaining would face one another. Quote Rogers notes that the expanded playoff proposal has been on the table for months, but he reports that MLB recently put forward a new suggestion: a lottery for the top three amateur draft choices. Rather than setting the draft order as the inverse of the league standings — as is the current setup — this proposal would introduce a weighted system that injects more randomness into the process. Teams with the worst records would still have a greater chance of securing higher picks, but any non-playoff team would have a chance at a top three selection. Quote Rogers’ colleague at ESPN, Jeff Passan, shed some further light on CBA talks this afternoon. Passan reports that the league recently offered a slight raise over the luxury tax thresholds set in the 2016-21 CBA. That’s a turnaround from the league’s earlier efforts to tie a lowered tax threshold to a soft salary floor, an offer the MLBPA rejected. It’s not clear how high the league is willing to set the thresholds, though, and Passan adds that the league’s willingness to raise them might come with associated stiffer penalties for exceeding them. Unsurprisingly, the MLBPA expressed concern that’d counterbalance high-spending teams’ willingness to surpass those thresholds. Passan further reports that MLB has expressed openness to a “minimal” bump on the league minimum salary, which sat at $570.5K in 2021. MLB’s offer also included the introduction of the designated hitter to the National League, an on-field alteration widely expected to ultimately be put into place. Passan offers an in-depth breakdown of the labor dynamics that is well worth a full read for those interested in the topic.
December 1, 20214 yr Decided to start a dedicated thread for the CBA / lockout stuff since we did not have one already.
December 1, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, FishFan95 said: Decided to start a dedicated thread for the CBA / lockout stuff since we did not have one already. We have, they've just been buried lol.
December 1, 20214 yr I think I'd be in favor of all of those things. Maybe. That realignment would get interesting but would also help a bit in the event of two teams being added to the Majors.
December 1, 20214 yr I really like the idea of going back to 2 divisions per league. Would give the season more of that pennant race flavor that it had back in the day. You probably have to have an expansion to 32 for that to work, I would say. As for the 12 team playoff, I am not the biggest fan, but I would overlook it if we went to 12 teams.
December 1, 20214 yr Doubt it would happen, but is it possible that owners that feel like they are not done with negotiations could delay the lockout by a bit?
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