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  1. wntrtxn21
    You had me agreeing until you said Tomlin. Tomlin has been beyond awful the last 2 years. 211 IPs - 258 hits allowed in those innings - 48 HRs allowed - ERA of 5.39 - a .300 batting average allowed. He is little more than a batting practice chump at this point in his career. Granted Davies isn't going to ever be anything more than a 5th starter, but he's still a much better option than a washed-up Tomlin.
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    What could the Brewers possibly see in this guy? He gave up 15 dingers and 60 runs in only 78 IPs. He also walked 40 and allowed 90 hits in those 78 IPs. WHIP of 1.67. All that in the weak AL Central. Only a minor lg. contract, so proabably a filler type guy who has next to zero of making it to the majors again.
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    The Royals were way over there budget in 2016 and had to reduce payroll immediately after the W.S... They had to gut the team because they couldn't afford to pay the FAs. Now they are looking like a 100 loss team only two years later. The latest on Kimbrel is he's still looking for at least 5 years and $100M. He reportedly turned down a 3 year offer at least twice already. I don't know what his value is right now, but he is not getting deluged with offers.
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    What about a case like Matt Davidson, where I believe he pitched in college but I believe now the Rangers are giving him a chance both as a pitcher and position player. So technically he wouldn't hit any criteria, but they fully intend to utilize him as a 2 way player. Erceg might fall into that category at some point as well. 20IP is the criteria said to count as both ways. Davidson could play on the field and pitch in a close game vs the 7run differential or extra inning. If I recall Maddon used a position player to pitch to one batter while leaving the previous in the field. Only then to switch back. Maybe a different team? but same situation. You would remove that from the game. The rule change I saw twice now said: in order to be a 2-way player he must have 20 Major Lg. innings pitched and at least 20 major lg. starts as a DH or position player where he batted at least 3 times each start. I don't know how that would affect guys coming up from the minors.
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    Your solution would make it even more difficult for a small market team to compete. They lose their own FAs earlier and don't have the resources that the cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, etc... have to replace them. With the monstrous discrepancy in money in MLB, smaller market teams are already at a distinct disadvantage. Earlier FA puts them in much more dire straits. Unless there was a hard cap that smaller markets could reach, earlier FA is not the answer.
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    Fantastic take Mr.T Plush. 49 years & this franchise has never won a World Series.some of us fans are getting old like me,first game at county stadium June 1970. If not now when? We will draw 3+ Mil fans this year, more than double our market size. We have the best, most loyal fans in baseball, sorry St. Louis. Local tv ratings thru the roof, yes I know we also have the smallest market there too,but we will get an increase next year with that. There’s more,like mrTPlush already stated, so I’ll stop there. The city of Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin is ready to explode with this team. This team is maybe good enough as is, but if we can strengthen this team with a Kimbrell signing and potential trade deadline addition, and our payroll for the year is 155 mil then that’s a great investment. And that’s not even “all in” cause even if we don’t win the World Series this year there will be next year. Reports (2 sources) said Kimbrel's agent is asking for 6 years and over $100M. A lot of money and a lot of years to invest in a 31 yr. old reliever. That's why he's still available.
  7. wntrtxn21
    Unless Pina is injured, no, it is not possible. Injured or traded were the big 2 I was thinking. I also would generally disagree with this, but the Brewers seem to love Kratz and if Pina was bad enough in ST...I could see them wrongly giving Kratz the backup nod. Again, all longshots. I think Stearns is looking beyond this year. IF Grandal leaves in 2020, Pina will again be the #1 catcher designate. Plus his defensive skills are far superior to Kratz's. EK's age is against him too.
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    I vote everybody sprints in ala Todd Coffey. One mound is NOT just like every other mound. Some bull pen mounds vary quite drastically from the field mound. Most relief pitchers will tell you the bull pen mounds are USUALLY different than the field mound. However, the number of warm-ups could be cut down to 5 from 8.
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    Wording could read: minimum of 3 batters or 3 outs. Which ever comes first. That way a pick-off would be considered as one, an induced double play would be two, etc.... Ending an inning would satisfy the minimum no matter how many batters faced, provided a new pitcher is immediately ready to go at the start of the next inning.
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    I believe all 3 batter minimum sceniros called for a 10 day DL stay if a pitcher was removed for injury prior to the minimum being reached.
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    Why would the owners agree to anything like this? There never will be payroll minimums without a set maximum. Players are free to negotiate with any team for any amount they can get once they reach FA or are released. They are free to go to any league in the world who will pay their salary. If they don't believe they are getting what they deserve, they can hold out or move on. Teams should use the revenue to reduce ticket prices to gain more fans and up the pay for minor league players. When the fan base dwindles enough, advertising money will begin to dry up and TV revenue will decrease exponentially.
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    I agree, MLB's compensation for losing a FA is an absolute joke because draft picks mean a heck of a lot less in baseball than in football or basketball. Forget the RFA and keep the last year of arby. Big market teams don't care about the draft pick because they can get a FA to fill any need. No small market team will consent to a salary floor unless it is set low. For every extra dollar in revenue sharing you give to a salary floor type team, a dollar has to get taken away from somebody. If you're going to give the Brewers 10% more, which team do you take the 10% from? What teams receive less even though they played by the rules? Depending on the amount of the salary floor, it could just further the huge discrepancy that already exists in revenue in MLB. You are assuming a DH on a small market team would be a high priced vet. Why wouldn't small market teams use the DH for some younger players? How about putting lesser paid young players in the field for defensive purposes and paying a DH a little more. Net gain, zero? Unless a team is ready to honestly compete there would be little sense to pay a high priced vet to DH.
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    Why? In what other area of life other than sports do we expect the employees pay to go up every time revenue goes up? And I’m sure these players who demand more pay if profit goes up will gladly take lower salaries if the owner loses money right? There are far more professional baseball players deemed MLB talent than there are MLB jobs. When you have a surplus of talent, wages shouldn’t go up. Adding two more teams, expanding rosters, creating an MLB-owned extra AAA team of MLB free agents, and adding the DH to the NL would provide jobs for over 100 MLB/AAAA players. A full time DH (although not used very often, as most teams rotate DH duties) is paid more than a LOOGY or bench bat. For every job added by the DH it takes away a job of a pitcher. Where do you get far more MLB talent than MLB jobs? That is so subjective depending on who you listen to. Is a .220/.297 hitter really an MLB talent? There are so many bad teams already, adding two more wouldn't be good for the game.
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    Why would there be a salary floor without there being a hard cap? When you say based on revenues, whose revenue are you referring to? There is a huge discrepancy in revenues throughout MLB. A salary floor would hit small market teams a lot harder than mega market teams and further erode the game.
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    Anderson had one good year in 2017. Before that he was an average pitcher at best. Last year he was his average self. I hope he regains his 2017 magic, but there is no or little indication he is anything more than an average or slightly below average pitcher.
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    All of whose revenue gets split 50-50? The biggest problem in baseball is the huge disparity in revenue. The Dodgers, cubs, Yankees, etc... have far more revenue than the Brewers. Do Yankee players get more than Brewers, Pirates, Royals? Are you suggesting total revenue sharing like football? That would bring on a salary cap and floor. Players would kill baseball before agreeing to a salary cap. After 2 years you have teams with zero control over what they pay players. You have arbitration panels deciding everything. Players have no incentive to signing a contract before some outside panel decides their contract. You have the owners giving up everything and getting nothing in return.
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    40-man roster ____________ Catchers/ Lucroy - Nilson (Simmons) Infield/ Cooper-Molitor-Yount-Ramirez-Cirillo-Loretta (Felder-Money-Shaw-Vina) Outfield/ Braun-Cain-Yelich-Burnitz (Parra-Gomez) Starters / Sabathia-Greinke-Sheets-Higura-Vuckovich (Bosio-Sutton-Gallardo-Chacin) Pen / Fingers-Cordero-Knebel-Jeffress-Hader-Smith-Plesac-Thornburg (Fetters-Turnbow-McClure-Rodriguez)
  18. wntrtxn21
    Moncada is another one of those "can't miss" guys coming up through the minors. He got a huge signing bonus and depending who you listen to, he was the 4th - 7th best prospect in all baseball coming up. A sure fire star. Things changed quickly when he got to the big leagues as they usually do. Pitchers have found many holes in his swing and he whiffs at a 35% rate. He is a -15 defensive player so well below avg. with the bat and glove. Just another on of many great prospects that has been a huge flop so far.
  19. wntrtxn21
    Speaking from a point of ignorance, aren't most huge contracts insured? Insured against injury, not poor performance.
  20. wntrtxn21
    Santana is 36 and had tendon surgery on his pitching hand last year. Many times the finger affected will never get back to normal. He could be a bargain or completely washed-up. At his age I guess only one team wanted to take minimal risk.
  21. wntrtxn21
    I ran through it a month or two back and my recollection was that he checked out as an above average defender everywhere except SS. SS he was fine/average/slightly below average. He played there a lot last year with Correa out so he can't be too bad At SS he was a -5 and no more than average (either a 0 or 1) at every other infield position. He is a plus defender in LF-RF.
  22. wntrtxn21
    I believe he is way over-hyped. Villar had a better year than MG and he is just as versatile. $10.5M is a darn nice contract for a super-sub.
  23. wntrtxn21
    Molitor 2B Yount SS Braun LF Fielder 1B Ramirez 3B Burnitz RF Thomas CF Simmons C Pitcher Starters -- Higuera - Sheets - Bosio - Vuckovich - Sutton Pen -- Fingers - Knebel - Plesac - Hader - Jeffress - Gorzolany - Wickman Bench -- Gomez (OF) - Vina (2B. SS) - Lucroy © - Cirillo (3B, 2B, 1B) - Listach (OF, SS, 2B)
  24. wntrtxn21
    What you and others seem to forget is you have absolutely no idea IF other teams made offers to the FAs and the player refused it. Verlander, some cub players, and others bemoaned the fact that Harper and Machado were still FAs a week ago. What they so conveniently forgot to say was that Harper TURNED DOWN a $300M offer and Machado TURNED DOWN a $270M offer. Two years ago Moustakas turned down a $17.4M deal. If every team had the Dodgers, cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, etc.. money your argument about teams not trying to get better may hold water. However, there are only limited teams that can afford huge contracts. Many of the free agent players may be pricing themselves out of a job. If Machado and Harper were asking for $50M per year and went unsigned, would you still say there was collusion because they were unsigned?
  25. wntrtxn21
    There is very little proof that this is an accurate statement. The Brewers were one hit away from going to the World Series. Sale was hurt and pitched poorly in the world series and the rest of Boston's rotation was not very good and they won it all. It is a bit scary that outside of maybe Chacin not a single pitcher on the team can be relied on for more than 150 IP. It definitely puts some strain on the team overall. But pitching is not what wins championships regardless of the silly saying. There are really rare cases where it holds true like the one crazy Bumgarner year but it is usually the hitting that decides things more than the pitching. The Red Sox starters were much better than you think. Price 16-7/3.58 - Rodriguez 13-5/3.62 - Porcello 17-7/ 4.28 - Eovaldi 3-3/3.33. That's a pretty good staff all around. The offense was hyped all year, but the pitching staff was also very good.
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