FatTugboatFlahr
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Poor f***s.So if the White Sox couldn't go to 300 million that has to take them out on Harper.
Poor f***s.So if the White Sox couldn't go to 300 million that has to take them out on Harper.
Holy smokes, it's almost like this is a common negotiating tactic and it was Boras' plan all alongWould have preferred to sign Harper before Machado signed. Price now goes up since theres no plan B.
Holy smokes, it's almost like this is a common negotiating tactic and it was Boras' plan all along
It's pretty incredible that MLB has the slowest growth in player salaries of all the major sports right now.
Alex Rodriguez got 10 years, $252 million in 2001 at age 24. He signed a 10 year, $275M contract in 2007.
Twelve years later we have legit superstars becoming free agents in their mid-20s barely beating that mark.
For the first time since the advent of free agency, the MLBPA is being crushed by the owners. 20% of the teams are willing to be non-competitive every year, and the big market teams are fully content to be restricted by the luxury tax. The Yankees saw the Red Sox win a title in dominant fashion and have no interest in the top free agents, who both wanted them.
Get ready for no baseball in 2022.
He won't be here soon though, that's the thing10x325 for Harper. Give him a deadline, if they say no he can **** off.
Boras played the game now he has to meet halfway.
Whatever, Trout will be here soon.
It's going to get ugly in 2022. Very ugly.
apparently he's entered in contract talks with the Angels though...10x325 for Harper. Give him a deadline, if they say no he can **** off.
Boras played the game now he has to meet halfway.
Whatever, Trout will be here soon.
If you had a mandatory spending floor, teams like Tampa and Miami would go belly up in a heartbeat.It wouldn’t necessarily help the top guys but it’s insane that you have all these competitive balance rules but have no type of mandatory spending floor.
Lulz, Heyman says that the Padres aren't out on Harper.
It wouldn’t necessarily help the top guys but it’s insane that you have all these competitive balance rules but have no type of mandatory spending floor.
If you had a mandatory spending floor, teams like Tampa and Miami would go belly up in a heartbeat.
Also, the additional costs would somehow be passed along to the fans. Like how Tampa cut a few thousand seats from its stadium, which just happened to be the cheapest, which drove up the average price to watch a game for a team nobody wants to see.
But yeah, MLB needs to do something to eliminate the kind of ownership that is only there to make some money while cutting as much cost as possible. As a Canes fan down here in NC having seen it since Karmanos won the Cup, that kind of ownership sucks as a fan.
And a Padres beat is saying this.
I haven't followed the CBAs much lately but in the days of Donald Fehr the union used to say things like, "We don't want a cap OR a floor, let the market decide, etc." which was sort of admirable but probably not helpful to their cause.
The MLBPA used to always be ahead of the owners in the Marvin Miller days and knew that the top players drove the entire salary structure. To a large extent it still does, and top player salaries have stagnated, but the teams have also gotten a lot smarter about paying for second-/third-tier talent.
Probably should have just kept the mouth shut there, Matt.
Probably should have just kept the mouth shut there, Matt.