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They can argue whatever they want. They created the system, executives operated within the system to use their financial clout to get an advantage over the other teams. Those are all facts. They certainly didn’t intend to create a two tiered system where the same half dozen teams are in the World Series all the time. The biggest stars in the union are the prime examples for the argument that money is devalued in society today Judge (40 million) Soto (60 million) and Ohtani (70 million). Never a better climate to try to paint the union as the bad guys, out for themselves at the expense of “the game”.
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The players are not going to agree to a cap period. The owners likely won’t have their house in order enough to advance any coherent arguments in their favor to win in the court of public opinion.
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It’s interesting, this time around the owners seemingly hold all the cards. They can argue to the public: “Labor agreements always have unintended consequences and over the years we’ve unintentionally created disparity in our game. No fan should feel their team has no chance to compete because of the system, so we are looking to restore balance in our sport the way it used to be”. Problem is MLB is horrible at these things and probably can’t even get their house in order. The Dodgers have hundreds of millions of dollars guaranteed decades into the future, the Braves have shareholders whom they owe a fiduciary duty, and idiot owners like Nuttig who cuts a guy (Tellez) in September before he can earn a salary escalator on a one year deal.
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Yep, they proposed increased revenue sharing to argue they’re the good guys. Then they tied it to an integrity tax to make sure that money is funneled into union members salary and not used for other things that might help a club gain an edge: international scouting, pitching labs, data capture. All of which will help an organization be more successful than funneling money into a couple of mediocre vets just to meet a soft salary floor. I will credit the union that they know they have a real problem with potential dissension in their ranks that the system works for the stars but not for players like, for example, Jake Bauers: 30 years old, played parts of 7 seasons, hasn’t reached free agency yet has less career earnings than some first year arbitration players like Brice Turang for example.
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Really? I saw a competitive integrity tax for teams that spend less than 150 million on payroll. (That’s 13 teams this year including the Brewers) Killing the QO, eliminating any draft pick compensation for losing free agents, eliminating any draft penalties for signing free agents, reducing free agency to 5 years, increasing pre arbitration salaries, increasing the pre-arbitration bonus pool, and expanding the eligibility of super 2 status to qualify for arbitration. It’s a boot to the throat for small market clubs. Nobody should lose sight of the fact the #1 goal of the players union is to get as much money as possible for its members. Likewise, the revenue sharing proposal is just a fig leave of cover so they can argue they do care about the integrity of the game.
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I’d add that it’s not Peralta’s fault the Mets stumbled out of the gate and are looking up in their division. Moreover, with 13 games left head to head with the Braves the Mets certainly aren’t finished just yet in their division, likewise talks of selling are mostly sport writer fantasy -
The OP is right, the Mets have received more from Peralta here and now than Milwaukee has from their pieces. But they have 5 more years to get something out of Williams and Sproat. More importantly, I wouldn’t say Sproat “mows down” lineups, in fact clean innings with him seem few and far between. MLB is littered with guys who throw 99 and have no idea where it’s going. That’s Sproat right now (He striking out nearly 10 batters per 9 innings but has a K:BB ratio of less than 2:1). I doubt they’re going to move him to the pen as another long man; they’ll want him to continue to work as a starter. When (if) Woodruff comes of the IL, they’ll ship him off to AAA
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Or is the Brewers success a product of having to constantly trade impending free agents which keeps adding extra minor league talent into the organization beyond the amateur draft/international signings. If all things were equal, that avenue of adding extra talent would likely diminish if not dry up completely.
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Were there posts for a Priester extension? Brewers certainly dodged a bullet there. Pre-arbitration extensions with pitchers are difficult to attain because of the exploding salary structure for starting pitching and teams also needing to protect themselves from injury risk. As fans, I think everyone would like to see Harrison and Misiorowski head the rotation for many years to come, but is very unlikely that either get extended.
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You can sign any player to an extension if you’re willing to pay them what they want.
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They’re 9 games under .500. There’s a lot of season left but the Tigers need to really play well the next 10 weeks
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He initially complained of his arm “feeling dead” so I’d say him feeling good is as positive of a sign as we’ll get,
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Yeah his injury history is proved into his guarantee, but I doubt the substantial interest part. It’s like when the Brewers traded for Shelby Miller they got him for free by absorbing some salary, and almost immediately was injured again. Same thing with Trevor Rosenthal. Never was able to ring the bell for Milwaukee Those are insignificant moves for role players. Buxton is a middle of the order hitter
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Buxton would likely be on a Hall of Fame trajectory if he didn’t average less than 90 games played per season. … and as we know too well with Yelich, players who are constantly injured with sprains, strains, spasms, do not suddenly get healthier as they age into their mid 30s. Thats why no team is going to trade for a veteran guy with a 40+ million dollar guarantee remaining when they can’t count on him to be available when they need him. That being said, given where the Twins are in the success cycle I’m sure Minnesota would love to move Buxton’s contract. The most likely explanation why they haven’t yet is lack of interest due to unreliability and financial cost. Apparently the Twins are not yet in salary dump mode either where they’ll pay part of his contract to move him just for the financial savings.
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No. Like I said, he’s the Twins best player. Why would they move him for anything but elite prospects? And Minnesota isn’t at the point where they’re willing to give him away simply for salary relief. .
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Nope. Nobody is paying for a guy who can’t be counted on to ring the bell.
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Buxton has already missed 15% of his team’s games this year. Plus. he’s owed 40+ million dollars through the end of 2028. With his unreliability and remaining guarantee the Twins are stuck with him. Nobody is going to give the Twins prospects for Buxton, and unless the Twins intend to tank there’s no incentive for Minnesota to include cash simply to move him.
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Surgery for TOS is typically 8 months or more between surgery and taking a big league mound again. Lack of command could be nothing more than rust. However, nerve issues absolutely could manifest with an inability to spin the ball like before and diminished velocity.
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Brewers (Gasser) vs Twins (Ober): 5/17/26, 1:10pm
Jopal78 replied to Frisbee Slider's topic in Archived Game Threads
I don’t really consider the Twins to be any sort of rival to the Brewers. They’ve been in the NL for nearly 30 years. When they were in the AL they had far more intense rivalries than with Minnesota. Then again, I thought inter league play was dumb after the novelty wore off but enough people dig Yankees/Mets, Cubs/White Sox, etc, that they need to craft these “home and away” geographic rivalries . -
Probably should just have the decompression surgery then plan on getting after opponents in April of ‘28
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The Reds have a negative run differential and are 4-10 against winning teams this season and 20-11 against losing teams. They’ll probably fade before June 1st. Looking ahead their end of the season schedule is brutal with 18 of their final 21 games against MIL, LAD, CHC and ATL
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His in-zone contact rate is just 65.3 percent, significantly lower than the 82.6 percent big-league average. He whiffs nearly 44 percent of the time, while the average is 25 percent. That is why his market was nonexistent, and most likely means it’s only a matter of time before teams further refine their attack against him
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Gray won 14 games with St. Louis in 2025 and 13 games in 2024, lead the league in FIP with Minnesota in 2023 and finished 2nd in the Cy Young voting that year, but okay you’re right wins are meaningless and I’m cherry picking stats, he has no value….. sheesh.
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Ok. Rewind to February 2026, if your goal is to win the AL East you’re picking Kyle Harrison to pitch you there over Sonny Gray? (Despite poo pooing him with metrics, Gray lead the NL in K:BB ratio last season and his WHIP would have been right behind Peralta on the ‘25 Brewers) If you’re being honest, of course you’re not choosing Harrison. And you’re right, big market clubs like Boston aren’t really don’t care of Harrison is the better pitcher going forward, whereas it’s lifeblood in Milwaukee. Back to the point, Boston is rolling with Sonny Gray, as you put it, because they know what they are likely going to get in the here and now with Gray more than they did with Harrison. The Red Sox are also paying Gray just $11M this season and a $10M buy out on a mutual option for ‘28, with the Cardinals paying the remaining $20M. Harrison has been great for the Brewers. But that does t change the fact he was down in the pecking order in Boston for objective quantifiable reasons (they had multiple players who would help them win more now, and had young ascending players who they believed would help them more to win in the future), and that’s why they moved Harrison to solidify a different area on the roster.
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The depth thing is true as well though. We will never really know why Boston acquired Harrison in the first place . On possibility is when the Devers situation ruptured and the Red Sox needed to move him immediately, there were limited teams willing to take on that big of a contract, and Harrison and Co. may have been the best of a group of weak offers. I do think it’s safe to say the Red Sox were never really enamored with Harrison. That would certainly explain why he spent most of his time in Worcester while the big league club cycled through starters at the back of their rotation. Also, it is true by the time camp opened Boston had assembled five pitchers who were likely going to start in front of Harrison (Crochet, Gray, Bello, Oviedo, Suarez) they also had Early and Tolle consensus Top 100 prospects who were major league ready. Depending how you want to rank them Harrison was somewhere between 6th and 8th on the depth chart. They were presented with an opportunity to get a starting 3B, a utility infielder and whatever Siegler is for Harrison and Drohan and they took it. It makes perfect sense unless you view these things as a binary: because Harrison has performed well, Boston must have made a mistake.
