When American kids are the only ones that can't control their own paths, it is a major problem. Either make everyone a free agent signing or everyone goes into the draft.
Thing is, is we don’t really know cause he’s never been given a legit shot. He was finally healthy once Miller and Woo established the 4th and 5th spot. His injury history got him leapfrogged
I'm all about trying him as the setup 8th inning guy or closer. He needs a spot and not rotated around the pen.
PLease, please tell me who the hell the Red Sox have lavished with cash since Henery bought the team.
I'd be shocked if he chose either the 2 ball clubs. Dodgers have a winning pedigree with a stable FO which is something Seattle doesn't have. Kind of an easy choice on his part.
Yes. The system is broken. It doesn't matter the team. If they choose not to come, the game will be just fine. As fine as it is now, which isn't fine, but it will fix one issue at least.
Most Asian and Latino players have professional baseball years under their belt whether it's 1, 2 or 10yrs while American kids have none since they're being drafted out of high school and college but these HS and college kids that get drafted early make very good money and spend most of that time in the minors while asian and latino players have no choice as FAs to sign a small contract to play pro baseball.
First off, the Latin players are 16 and 17. Second, the Latin players all go to the minors just like the American kids. Third, did you see their contracts? Top Latin kids get 7 figures. No poverty there. Only the Top 50 or so American kids get money that is life changing. The rest get minimum wage numbers. Baseball players aren't making those large NIL deals that football and basketball kids get. Not even close.
Valid points.
NBA doesn't have a cap. They have a tax and disguise it as a cap. Too many ways to work around it.
Their professional is kind of apples and oranges. The NPB is really equivalent to the college World Series. The international free agent market is broken and while the brokenness of it are fine until you are start talking about a cap. A cap is to make things more competitive, but international FA signings is like giving the best teams the top few draft picks.
Unfortunately the only way to fix the problem is work stoppage.
Without question there is going to be which I think is sad cause you can already see the fans clamoring for a cap. To me it just sucks that billionaires not wanting to spend money has the fans wanting to cap how much money players can make. Yes players make way too much money, but it’s not like owners are going to make being a fan more affordable.
The only way ticket prices come down is if attendance severely drops for several years do to poor play on the field which is becoming more and more likely.
See even then I don’t think they would. Usually when attendance drops is when relocation rumors start. If M’s ownership would bring their prices down to 2016 level then I’d be ok with them having a 2016 budget like they do now.
