Hot Stove Thread 2014-15

The I would say the Royals with their $92 million payroll in 2014 got a huge return on their investment.

 

The idea in your post isn't wrong, it is just flawed because it minimizes a very large part of the equation. Teams can certainly increase revenue by putting together a strong product on the field, but the potential revenue is always going to be far higher in the larger markets than it is in the smaller ones. That last bit is what you left out.

 

So?

 

I agree with everything in that post too.

 

And this keeps you up at night?

 

Not at all, but it is why MLB teams continue to compete on a slanted playing field. I am aware that many of you have no problem with a system that favors some franchises over others despite the inherent unfairness in such a system.

 

My post or JC's? Because his was lazy and pointless and mine claimed that your previous point was flawed.

 

It's a great lesson about life.

 

OK, OOP, I'm going to bite. You know I like ya, but why do you want to shut a game down for one or two years with revenues of $9 billion? I assume you want a salary cap. It's not going to happen. Shutting this game down would be suicide for Major League Baseball. This game was very nearly brought to its knees in 1994-95. I lived through that, and I don't want to see anything like that ever again in my lifetime. As a baseball fan, those 232 days stung me hard.

Not only that, I can shoot holes in a salary cap for all four major sports:

NFL: Football fans like to shout that every team has a chance to compete. We all know that's bull. Tell the Oakland Raiders. Tell the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tell the New York Jets. Not only that, teams like New England, Indianapolis and Baltimore are always in contention. A salary cap is supposed to prevent teams like the Steelers and Patriots from making more than one Super Bowl appearance in a decade, but they have made three trips each.

NBA: The NBA's cap has plenty of holes and exceptions, but if a cap is supposed to result in multiple teams winning titles then someone forgot to tell the San Antonio Spurs.

NHL: Why have the Chicago Blackhawks and LA Kings won two Stanley Cups each since the lockout in 2004-05?

I apologize to others if I've gotten off track. But the point I'm trying to make here is even if MLB had a cap, teams like the Giants, Red Sox, Yankees and other high-revenue clubs would STILL WIN TITLES. What would the excuse be if the Yankees suddenly rattled off four titles in five years in a salary-cap era?

More teams have a chance to compete in MLB than you think. The game's changing. Teams are locking up their young stars prior to free agency more often.

That's all I got.

 

Don't know what the fark oop's bitching about, the Pirates signed Burnett again. They're totally ready to dominate again.

 

Royals are opened to trade Greg Holland:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/12/blue-jays-interested-in-greg-holland-royals-open-to-offers-for-holland-wade-davis.html

 

A's are about to trade Brandon Moss to Indians for a nobody.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/08/the-as-and-indians-are-on-the-verge-of-a-brandon-moss-trade/

Fuck this team and the cheap-ass owners. The better you get, the faster they trade you.