2019 MLB postseason thread

And there it is. You I'm "touched" because I say teams with more revenue have a significant advantage, but there you are on the very same page acknowledging that example.

So did you not understand my point or were you just so determined to come after me that you were willing to misrepresent it? It is clearly one of those two things. Either is possible given you being you.

 

[QUOTE="outofplace, post: 4589932, member: 4266"]No one with the a bottom five payroll has won a World Series. Yes, you can cherry pick a few examples of teams in the bottom 10 getting there, but that's still a very small number when compared to the teams near the top winning it.

Seriously, this is three threads you have chosen to shit upon just because you can't handle how bad you looked on the Lauer thread.[/QUOTE]
You’re cherry picking, moron. I only shit on you. Oh, teams that spend more tend to win more? Brilliant observation. But still half the teams in the playoffs had less than league average payroll. So...

 

One more point. Teams that spend more do so in part because they have ALREADY won. What were the Astros supposed to do after 2017, start pay cuts?

 

The Marlins don't see the problem with this.

 

Exactly. The Astros had the lowest payroll in baseball in 2014 and the second lowest in 2015. Two years later they won the World Series with the 16th highest, largely with homegrown talent and great drafting.

edit: they had six All Stars that year and none of them made more than $10 million, while five of them made less than $5 million and three less than $1 million.

 

You’re cherry picking, moron. I only shit on you. Oh, teams that spend more tend to win more? Brilliant observation. But still half the teams in the playoffs had less than league average payroll. So...[/QUOTE]

So, nothing. They didn't make the World Series, much less win it. As most often happens, it is teams with higher payrolls coming out on top.

After what you did, it's truly comical that you can talk to anybody about cherry picking.

Also, you're making my point for me, which is that the teams that spend more win more. You're so lost that you are making my point for me and don't even know it.

But yes, keep on calling other people names while you butcher the quote function, fail to even comprehend the other side of the discussion and back up your opponent multiple times without even realizing it.

 

Yes, the Astros won the World Series with a payroll right in the middle, not near the bottom. In fact, they don't win that World Series without taking on a big salary by adding Verlander. They are getting another shot now in part because they continued to increase the payroll. Also, Houston isn't a small market. Based on the 2018-19 Nielson Rankings, they were the seventh-largest television market in the country.

Nielsen DMA Rankings 2019 - MediaTracks Communications

 

Exactly. It was the most blatant example of one of the issues with the system in MLB. Franchises like the Marlins go that route. You'd never see that from a high-revenue franchise, at least not on that scale.

 

One of the reasons I'm not ready to jump on the Portland MLB bandwagon is that I'm fairly certain the team (if it ever arrived) would stink, forever and eventually move. The market may be big enough for MLB, but they would have a hard time filling a 35k stadium most nights (roof or no). 1. traffic is terrible. 2. Those closest in to a stadium who may not be discouraged by traffic aren't exactly in the sport's demo, being young, urban and very white. 3. Even when the weather is great, Oregonians are probably more eager to go hiking or hit a river or make a trip to the coast than go watch baseball.

 

This actually is a pretty good description of modern-day St. Petersburg, Fla. It’s as much Hipster Haven as God’s Waiting Room now, and given the choice of art show, music festival, beach, or a night at the Trop, well, that’s the order in which those choices are going to be ranked.

I’m a little biased, as a Rays fan who just moved to the Carolinas, but I think Charlotte would be the best choice for a baseball team planning a move.

 

Charlotte would not be a bad location.

 

Rays had lowest payroll in baseball and made the playoffs. They had a much better chance of winning the World Series than the chargers did of winning against the Steelers at the end of last week’s game. But you don’t believe in win probabilities, except when it fits your preconceived conclusions.