The 2019 MLB Salary Cap Draft : CHAT

[Hall]

Acuna who I prob shoulda taken.

Also gonna be honest, I thought Trout's extension already kicked in I didn't even look.

 

[femurov]

Why?

Bullshit.

 

[femurov]

Acuna who I prob shoulda taken.

Also gonna be honest, I thought Trout's extension already kicked in I didn't even look.

I was looking at a different list on the same site and it has his salary at 36mil.

 

[Hall]

Bullshit.

Luxury Tax salary is what the Angels have to pay because of their salary cap situation. That money does not go to Trout.

 

[Pack 500]

Draft and vote like we are building for the 2020 season. Player has to have played in the Majors to qualify.

Wait after all that we’re doing this? Haha

 

[Pack 500]

One man’s Opinion. I don’t give a damn about price I would’ve picked Trout first. That much better than everybody else

 

[CitySushi]

One man’s Opinion. I don’t give a damn about price I would’ve picked Trout first. That much better than everybody else

So you're saying the guy you picked is the best? Way to step out on a limb there and be unbiased.

 

[femurov]

So you're saying the guy you picked is the best? Way to step out on a limb there and be unbiased.

He's a homer.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Acuna who I prob shoulda taken.

Also gonna be honest, I thought Trout's extension already kicked in I didn't even look.

I was wondering when he was going...still one other guy OTB surprised he hasn't gone yet

 

[Shanemansj13]

I'm looking to trade up

 

[CitySushi]

Acuna who I prob shoulda taken.

Also gonna be honest, I thought Trout's extension already kicked in I didn't even look.

Totally would have picked him, if I had known who he was.

 

[Hall]

He still isn't near Trout or Yelich but the discount is nice and I trust him to do the same thing next year more than a Devers for example. Not that he was a bad pick!

 

[Shanemansj13]

One man’s Opinion. I don’t give a damn about price I would’ve picked Trout first. That much better than everybody else

Yeah he is the best easily overall but this isn't based on the players' career it is building for the future. He still goes #1 regardless but when guys are 4-5 years younger putting up almost the same numbers while $17M cheaper and still in pre-arb or arb it's definitely the way to go. I mean if the cap were at 110 or 120 I would have picked Trout without thinking twice.

 

[Nosferatu]

That's like, 1/4 of the salary cap, which keeps going down. If it was back at 130, I may have thought about him.

It's not even 1/5 of the cap. It's Mike Trout, you can easily build around him without having to spend $28M on Pujols

 

[Nosferatu]

@tducey is up

 

[Nosferatu]

I hope we aren't fighting about anything... I did put ADJ salary in the OP long before we started, sorry for any confusion. I don't believe there has been a bad pick yet but I would have taken Trout #1 as well...

 

[Nosferatu]

I may be wrong but I don't think everyone realizes how easy this will be to stay under the $90M cap. Remember we are drafting 18 players not 25.

 

[Shanemansj13]

It's not even 1/5 of the cap. It's Mike Trout, you can easily build around him without having to spend $28M on Pujols

I don't think anyone said you couldn't build around him bc of course you can but if you want some high priced pitchers you won't be able to get much. I guess we will see, maybe $90M will be too much lol

 

[Nosferatu]

I don't think anyone said you couldn't build around him bc of course you can but if you want some high priced pitchers you won't be able to get much. I guess we will see, maybe $90M will be too much lol

Your next pick better be Greinke!

 

[CitySushi]

I may be wrong but I don't think everyone realizes how easy this will be to stay under the $90M cap. Remember we are drafting 18 players not 25.

It's easy for those in the know. For people like me, it's going to be damn near impossible. Investing that much this early at least for ME, would be really tough. I don't know enough to build around a guy.

You guys will probably have a much easier time with this stuff, but again that's why I said I wouldn't have taken Trout.