MLB Daily Thread: Month of July.....

[SlinkyRedfoot]

MLB's total player payroll is a staggering $4.3B.

I just want to write that out for effect.

Four billion, two hundred seventy-three million, six thousand, three hundred and one dollars.

 

[navamind]

MLB's total player payroll is a staggering $4.3B.

I just want to write that out for effect.

Four billion, two hundred seventy-three million, six thousand, three hundred and one dollars.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

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Then it'd be:

Fo bil-yen. . . two hunned sevendy-tree mill-yen. . . six tou-zand. . . tree hunned and wun ben-ja-mins!

 

[tabascojet]

So, I was just checking out MLB's payrolls.

The four highest priced teams (LAD, NYY, BOS & DET) combine for $910MM in payroll. That's over 20% of all major league baseball players' salaries. Not one of them leads their division.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Slinky

Beltran and Either Chapman/Miller to Cleveland, making a lotta sense

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Slinky

Beltran and Either Chapman/Miller to Cleveland, making a lotta sense

I'm hearing that too. I've also heard they're interested in Lucroy.

I think Dolan (Indians' owner) saw what happened in Cleveland when the Cavs won and realizes that he's got to put a winner on the field. The time is now. Measured by run differential, the indians are head and shoulders above the rest of the AL right now.

 

[tabascojet]

Indians bury their years of pain at the cubs expense......I could support this

 

[molsaniceman]

MLB's total player payroll is a staggering $4.3B.

I just want to write that out for effect.

Four billion, two hundred seventy-three million, six thousand, three hundred and one dollars.

and players are still falling behind

Since 1995, MLB’s overall league revenues have increased nearly 650%, going from around $1.4 billion to over $9 billion in 2014. During that same time period, though, MLB payrolls have only increased by around 378%, from roughly $925 million in 1995 to just under $3.5 billion last year.

At first glance, an increase of $2.5 billion in annual salary divided among roughly 1,200 players doesn’t sound that bad. We should all be so lucky. But as the following chart shows, viewed as a percentage of overall league revenues, players’ salaries have been decreasing at a rather startling rate

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

and players are still falling behind

Since 1995, MLB’s overall league revenues have increased nearly 650%, going from around $1.4 billion to over $9 billion in 2014. During that same time period, though, MLB payrolls have only increased by around 378%, from roughly $925 million in 1995 to just under $3.5 billion last year.

At first glance, an increase of $2.5 billion in annual salary divided among roughly 1,200 players doesn’t sound that bad. We should all be so lucky. But as the following chart shows, viewed as a percentage of overall league revenues, players’ salaries have been decreasing at a rather startling rate

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NICE, MAN!

You are the only "civilian" I've ever seen reference that idea other than myself.

 

[tabascojet]

How about they stop gouging the fans going to the ballpark rather than pay the.players more??? Ground breaking I know......

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

How about they stop gouging the fans going to the ballpark rather than pay the.players more??? Ground breaking I know......

I heerd that the Barves (and the Falcons, too) will be offering reasonably-priced concessions at their new park(s) as a way to attract fans to the new location(s). Not sure it will last for more than a couple of seasons, but good on 'em, anyway

 

[tabascojet]

I heerd that the Barves (and the Falcons, too) will be offering reasonably-priced concessions at their new park(s) as a way to attract fans to the new location(s). Not sure it will last for more than a couple of seasons, but good on 'em, anyway

If the current falcons fans can't be enticed to the new stadium which is essentially right next door to the old ....well then obesity in Atlanta has gotten alot worse than when I left

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

If the current falcons fans can't be enticed to the new stadium which is essentially right next door to the old ....well then obesity in Atlanta has gotten alot worse than when I left

It's funny because they's fat

 

[tabascojet]

It's funny because they's fat

Don't get too prideful, south Carolina ain't no home of fitness my friend.....and if you disagree meet me at the waffle house over some grits gravy and biscuits so we can settle it once and for all

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Don't get too prideful, south Carolina ain't no home of fitness my friend.....and if you disagree meet me at the waffle house over some grits gravy and biscuits so we can settle it once and for all

Scattered, smothered and covered???

Yeah, I hear ya. It's why I moved to the fitness capital of the East Coast

 

[bksballer89]

The red hot New York Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tabascojet]

no more intentional walks, limits on bullpen changes, pitch clock.....why cant millennials sit still and drink more beer??

 

[tabascojet]

http://deadspin.com/independent-leaguer-sprints-behind-play-to-start-brawl-1784033522

 

[bksballer89]

no more intentional walks, limits on bullpen changes, pitch clock.....why cant millennials sit still and drink more beer??

I'm not a fan of limits on bullpen changes. I'm all for no more intentional walks/pitch clock

 

[tabascojet]

I'm not a fan of limits on bullpen changes. I'm all for no more intentional walks/pitch clock

Limit manager trips to mound over axing int walks....shit happens and it doesn't take that much time out of the game