TheTotalPackage
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Why not?
I assume those who don't use Facebook like myself won't/can't watch.
Why not?
I don't get it. Facebook is essentially stripping teams out of their regional TV deals? It's not like this game is part of a national package. Even putting aside the fact the cable company broadcasting the games owns the team.
I must be missing something.
I think that's the whole point. They taking select "regular" games from each team and selling them to Facebook as a national package.
I don't have an issue with it (and actually think it might be a cool way to see teams in other markets on occasion), other than I think the local broadcasts should remain on local TV.
I think that's the whole point. They taking select "regular" games from each team and selling them to Facebook as a national package.
That's fine. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the concept of it. MLB can just select games from each team to sell to Facebook? Are those companies who are losing these games b
being compensated accordingly?
It is absolutely criminal that we haven't made him a starter.
I don't know how it works. I can't imagine Rogers is very happy about today. The Leafs are off. The Raptors are off. It's a 4 p.m. game. The team is off to a good start, they are probably losing a huge audience this afternoon. However, I doubt the Blue Jays would have known when this was decided that the TV market in Toronto is free today.
I would guess MLB informed all the teams of this move and subsequently they sold their packages with two less games. I assume there are clauses in all team's TV contracts that say sometimes they will lose local games to national broadcasts. Facebook purchases the game and the revenue goes to MLB and is distributed equally to each team (internet revenues in baseball are equal shares).
Bautista signs a minor league deal with the Braves.
You want to see the Jays turn Osuna into a starter (which would require that he spends time in the minors and be shut down early), yet you're simultaneously disappointed that the Jays are trying to turn Biagini into a starter by having him spend time in the minors.
For this contradiction to resolve itself I think you'd need to be able to show that the delta between an ace closer vs a good starter (Osuna) is greater than the delta between a good reliever vs average starter (Biagini).
Makes sense after Acuna is obviously a bust at this point.
#VGJ
Osuna is an elite arm. He was an elite prospect. He is off to a hall of fame start to his career as a reliever. He is the youngest player on the team, and younger than many of our best "prospects". He has ace stuff and upside. He had elite performance for age and level as a starter in the minors. He never failed as a starter.
Biagini is a career overaged mediocre minor league starter who was able to convert into a good middle reliever in mlb in his late 20s, like many failed SP do. He has a very mediocre arsenal of pitches. He has been exceptionally middling to poor in any attempt to start in the majors. Our apparent "development" track has him on track to possibly have his first year as an actual mlb starter at age 29.
There is no contradiction.
Your attempt to equate the two takes far more explanation on your part than me pointing out the obvious, massive difference between them.
Bautista signs a minor league deal with the Braves.
Your attempt to equate the two takes far more explanation on your part than me pointing out the obvious, massive difference between them.
Fair enough.
As a prospect, Osuna was rated in the ballpark of Syndergaard, Sanchez, Stroman, Norris, Nolin, Hoffman, Greene.
Some of those guys have turned into aces, some are bottom rotation guys, and some won't make it as starters at all.
So if were to make a fair projection on Osuna...let's be somewhat optimistic and say he'd be a #2 guy. So we're trading an ace closer for a #2 guy. How much value are we getting?
Well, the most recently valued ace closer was Wade Davis - he signed for $17.5 mil/season. The most recent #2 guy was Yu Darvish - he signed for $21 mil/season.
So converting Osuna to a starter with the assumption that he'll be as good as Yu or another #2 guy would give us a surplus value of $3.5 mil/season.
Now look at Biagini. Let's say a fair/slightly optimistic projection on him is a #5 guy. Based on the recent free agent market, a #5 guy is worth $8-10 mil. What about a good but not great reliever? Without doing to0 much research, let's put that value at $5-7 mil.
So converting Joe into a #5 guy gives us a surplus value of $3 mil/season...in other words, nearly identical to converting Osuna to a #2 guy.
Off course we haven't factored in that Osuna would need to be shut down due to an innings increase in his first year, whereas Biagini would not. That would erode much, perhaps most, of Osuna's surplus value, making Biagini's conversion an equally smart, and perhaps smarter move.
He is likely just going to the minor leagues to get in game shape and get some at bats. I have no doubt in my mind that we will see him as the Braves 3B sooner rather than later.LOL poor guy, wish he ended up somewhere nicer than the Gwinnett Stripers
He had elite performance for age and level as a starter in the minors.