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He finished in TB which is a hard place to see the ball. He probably lead the team in HRs at Miller park

Sounds like he's close to a deal with an NL team. Wouldn't be the worst DH tonhave.

We should do a raffle on who the Brewers sign first.

Watch the deals start flying at 5pm

For there to be a business, there has to be owners. So, who would own the teams in this league? The union? The players? If it's the players, is it only the current players? When a player retires, would they cede ownership to the player taking his place, or would we just end up with a couple hundred former players sharing ownership down the road? Who would make all of the management decisions? For instance, who would tell the player/owner who isn't that good that he was getting cut so that a better player (who is not yet an owner) could take his place, and probably take over his share of the ownership? Are the units of ownership transferrable? If so, could owners sell their share? If that happens, it wouldn't be long before some of those evil billionaires buy out majority ownership in all the franchises. If the union takes ownership, then they cease to represent the players, and are now just replacing the current owners. Then there are contracts. I would guess that the current players' contracts disallow them from playing baseball for anyone other than the team with whom they signed the contract. So, the only players who could leave would be current free agents and others who don't have any sort of contracts. Of course there would be plenty of players who would just stick with the league that has proven to have the ability to pay multi-million dollar salaries rather than taking the risk of joining a start-up league. Plus, there would be a definite conflict of interest if the union had any ownership in the new league that was directly competing with the MLB, so they probably wouldn't be able to represent the MLB players any longer. With the MLBPA out of the way, teams would be able to negotiate directly with players and their agents, and I would guess that the top free agent players would be getting huge offers to stay in the MLB rather than testing the markets in the new league. If a new league were to start, it wouldn't be started by the players or the union. One of those groups is good at playing baseball, and one is good at labor law. Neither would have a clue as to what it would take to run a billion dollar business. The league would be started by some other business people, just like the current owners. This dream of the players starting their own league really isn't based in reality, and even if it somehow came into being and succeeded, it wouldn't take long before the same old owner/labor battles were brewing. That's some things I came up with in a few minutes. I'm sure the high-priced attorneys would find a lot more problems with some players deciding to form their own league. It may be fun to pontificate, but it's not going to happen. What about the fans? Soccer does it , why can't baseball?

What about having the draft be determined by the market size.

if they don't get a deal done today, they'll probably take a break and come back in a month. It's going to be awhile till we see MLB baseball

MLB said they are fine with missing a month, so it looks like the season won't start till May

Yeah my wife just moved from Kohls to Target. Full remote , promotion 2 levels above where she was and a nice bump in pay.

I always wear a suit to an interview. If your going for anything other than entry level you should at least wear a shirt and tie. The employer wants to know that you can be presentable when needed.

If the average person spends $55 to see a game, $30 ticket/$12 parking/beer and a brat and we average 30k a game, that 1.6m a game and over 82 games that 135M. The Brewers care about butts in the seats.

I switched Mid pandemic from a company that I worked at for 6 years. They treated people like **** and over 60% of the company has turned over in the last 18 months. I'm in aerospace so I'm limited to the amount of jobs here in the MKE area but I found a fully remote position with a significant raise. I've always been loyal to my employers but I've totally changed my tune in the last couple of years. They fired people for minor infractions and worked people to burnout. If I find something better, I'll jump again. It's really the only way to get ahead. 3% raises really don't cover cost of living increases.

I wonder what Kevin Pillar is looking for, decent cover for Cain, can probably fill in any of the OF positions. Good for 15 to 20 HR, might not be a bad 4th/5th OF .

[sarcasm]We just need to up the payroll so he's a smaller part of it[/sarcasm]

The only thing I would love to see is what the NBA has, where the hometown can sign a FA for more money and longer deal than as a FA. What I hate about the NBA is that they use it to sign and trade players to where they want to play. The player would never agree to it but if the max length on a deal was 5 years and the home team could sign him for 6 it would help the smaller teams like us keep teams around a little longer.

They are never going to get a salary floor with out a salary ceiling. Honestly I have no problems with teams tanking for a couple of years and trying to get better. The way to win is to draft well and make good trades. Teams that spend big rarely win the series. Even the dodgers drafted/developed a lot of their core guys. I can't think of a team that year in/out tanks and doesn't field a completive team. Of the teams that finished last, AZ had a goo team and spent some money only a couple of years ago, PITT had a really good team and went to the playoffs 3 years ago, Washington won the WS 2 years ago, Texas just spent like a billion on FA, MINN, was a solid playoff team 2 years ago, Baltimore is in an insane division and after a really good run in the mid 2010s , they could figure out how to rebuild. Now they seem to be on track to having a good young team in 2 years.

Arcia signed a 2 year deal with the Braves. Cmon lets offer Freddy 6 years and get a legit 1B!

Signed by the Scurbs

If they landed a 3B, I think it's more likely they move Urias to 2B and deal Wong. Wong would be a perfect fit for the White Sox. Who are the possible call-ups for 2022? One is Brice Turang, who could end up at short. That could move Adames to third and Urias to second. I'm pleasantly surprised at his AAA walk rate, and the stolen base success he showed. If he has a superb glove, a .360 OBP, and 30 steals a season... that could be enough at the bottom of the order. And if the Crew offers Adames a Wander Franco-type extension... I doubt we are moving Wong off of 2B this season. Turang isn't going to hit for enough power to be an everyday SS on a contender. He's trade fodder at this point.

We need an OF bad. A big bat in RF because Yelich,Cain and Bradley aren't going to hit for much power.

I think they let Tyrone take over next year with JBJ as your 4th OF.

And he's hurt again. Calf injury

Will be nice when he gets back. Urias at 3B, Wong at 2B, Adames at SS looks pretty solid. Defense is good. Urias has been steadily improving at the plate (.270 this month, .254 in the last 30 days), and if he can keep it up, looks like he can hold down the position. Even Vogelbach has been hitting a lot better of late (.281 in June, .250 the last 30 days). And both Urias and Vogelbach take a lot of walks. So even if they can just hit ..250-270 or so - they are serviceable. isn't .250 the same as old expectations of .280? And .270 more like the old .300? I've been trying to explain to family/friends how people--in this current era--can't hold players to the standards of even 4 years ago. I just looked because you brought it up. There's 13 people hitting over 300 for the season, back in 2012 there were 25 and a bunch hitting 298/299

I wouldn't be surprised to see Hernan Perez up first

[sarcasm]Can Mitchell play 1B?[/sarcasm]