2019 MLB Regular Season running thread

Another way to restock your farm system is to sign midlevel players or reclamation projects, see if they’re able to overachieve, and then flip them for prospects at the trade deadline. The Rangers GM Jon Daniels was a dumpster diving maestro in the late Aughts, flipping guys like Eric Gagne, Sammy Sosa and Kenny Lofton for players who helped them win two AL pennants.

 

Trout will have made about $580-$585M (after bonuses) in MLB salary if he never signs another contract.

 

He couldn't even make it to the regular season

Tigers say Tommy John surgery recommended for Michael Fulmer

 

Strange, because when they shut him down they said it was mechanics, not any kind of pain/discomfort.

 

I hope Arte Moreno chokes on every red cent of it.

 

Strange for a major league team to lie? Ryan Braun, Kris Bryant and Vlad Guerrero, Jr. would all like a word.

 

What's the motivation to lie?

 

The check on owners not spending is for the fans of losing teams to demand more, stop going to games and stop watching.

I think a strike for a spending floor makes good sense but the theoretical corollary is a cap (soft or hard) which players don’t have right now, so even if I’m the owners I say quid pro quo or no deal. And with the NBA framework, Trout’s never getting $430M.

 

Garret Richards was pulled from a game for "dehydration"
Angels' Garrett Richards: Limited by cramps and dehydration

Turns out he had a torn ligament in his elbow

 

He makes less per year than plent of NBA players. Why would Angels fans be upset about this?