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Tear Strain Pull Spasm Cramp I'll take Spasm for 200, Alex

What will Chris Carpenter tell his kids?

Definitely foul. Ooops. I'm so sad that they got the call wrong, especially after the last week work of anti-MKE calls.

I should have clarified... 2 years pre-arb 4 years of arb control

I actually wouldn't mind a longer look at McGee. He only has 16.2 Major League innings over four injury-riddled years. Particularly, he had a snake-bitten start where he pitched 6.2 innings of one-hit, one-walk ball. He apparently wrecked his elbow in that start, and had TJ surgery right after that. Notably, congratulating him from 3B after that start was one Eugenio Suarez... 🤔

I'm only saing this with prayers for a reverse jinx. Keston Hiura

Yeah, I noticed the regression. Still was puzzling. My current best outcome for Shane Smith is to - win the Cy Young 3 years in a row - have the Cubs mortgage the farm system to trade for him - sign a $1Billion extension with the Cubs - start being a bad pitcher - walk off into the sunset with all the Cubs' money, hopes, and dreams.

Vaughn and Chourio are two of the top three in WPA since July 1

So it wasn't the shoulder he injured last year? phew!!

Do the bad hits/runs move the WPA by negative 20 points or more?

I would rather put a little bit of downward pressure on the Sotos, Ohtanis, and Scherzers of the world if it meant we didn't lose a season of prime Chourio to a lockout/strike.

I think if you had a rental in a position of extreme need, then you could get to Pratt or Henderson for a rental. (Frankie Lindor or Bobby Witt Jr. was available as a rental right now, I would do Pratt or Henderson in a flash.)

This. I couldn't think of the right wording for what you said, and didn't want to "call out" other posters. But if it had taken the whole pool + 5% to sign the guys that we did get, we would all be singing high praise for Tod and the gang.

If it weren't for Shane Smith (vomits, then weeps), I would say that CHW's player development team needs to be voted off the island by the owners and the players' union. They seem to be bad for most baseball players.

Has anything been published on that? Last I heard, he got hit in the shoulder in a player collision and "felt something."

I was looking for this thread and couldn't find it. Thanks for resurrecting it, @Frisbee Slider. If you look at the vast majority of players, a salary floor would help them greatly. And a salary floor that rises as owner income rises would be even better. I wonder if players would be willing to have some mix of these (the last four would stand in the place of a salary cap, to give something to the owners): - Salary Floor at roughly $140MM - Massive pay increases for minor leaguers - Raise league minimum salary to $1.5MM - Arbitration after 2 years - Additional revenue sharing to support the salary floor - Additional competitive balance stuff in the draft. - A maximum individual salary of $45MM AAV. - A limit of 3 salaries over $25MM AAV per team. - A limit of 6 salaries over $18MM AAV per team. - A limit of 12 salaries over $12MM AAV per team. (These last four numbers are mostly pulled out of thin air, and should be nuanced to match reality. They should also all be indexed to league-wide franchise value or franchise income.) This would put some downward pressure on the extremely high salaries, but would only negatively affect earnings for a few players at the very top of the game. - The Brewers would basically get to the salary floor just with the proposed increase to league minimum salary for the host first and second year players. - Basically everyone below MKE on total payroll would have to increase their ARB or FA spending. - The Mets, Dodgers, and Yankees would be just above some of those salary limits, but would mostly fit within the rules.

That's what I was thinking... minor league phase.

Not for nothing... Jadher was slated to be eligible for the rule 5 draft.

Gotta be the end of the road for Siegler - at least on the 26-man.

OK, can Contreras go on the IL now, and get all the way right for the playoffs?

If Suarez was a shortstop, I could get there with Pratt (because of Made/Pena in the system), and would have a harder time dealing Henderson (because I see him as one of our top 3 starters next year), but would be willing to have either be the headliner. The upgrade would be massive. But for me, the upgrade to Suarez (pushing Durbin into Mona's utility role) isn't big enough to merit headlining a deal with either of those two. I would have to start with someone a little lower on our prospect board. Letson and Crow+ a flyer.

Definitely not outrageous to want to use that $800K+ of overage. When everyone involved wants to hang on to a little bit of bargaining leverage, I can understand that teams have to hedge their plans at least a little bit. In a year when one of their picks was a comp for Levonas not signing, meaning they wouldn't get anything back if they failed to sign that guy, I'm content with getting what we got.

Who wants to sign for $896755?? (I'm lookin at you, Cadiz!)

When did the Sox runner leave from second? Did he not realize that the Infield Fly rule had been called?

I thought this until I read the article. (I'm not suggesting you didn't read the article, it's just that was my own hot take.) It seemed like a planned meeting. Perhaps decorum and thoughfulness on Harper's and Manfred's parts would help pave the way toward solving this. (According to the article, Manfred responded in kind.) I definitely would side with players over ownership if you put me to it. However, it's way too easy for Harper to pop off when he is one of the wealthiest players in the game, playing on one of the big-spending teams in the sport. Ask the Craig Yohos of the world (tiny signing bonus, might be his first year of getting a full MLB salary) if they're willing to sit out a year, and you might just hear a different story.