MLB 2014 season thread

The listeners of sports radio, especially during football season are definitely younger than dinosaurs. Just listening to callers on WFAN (NY) and WIP (Phil) I'd say there's as many or more 30-40 y.o than 60+.

 

Why would I care? The Pirates already proved my point about baseball's flawed economic system by keeping him in the minors about six weeks too long.

 

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Also, not so fast, LTL.

 

Yeah, Williams addressed that, and Rosenthal also says Friday, as do a Pirates pregame/postgame host and an SB Nation MLB Insider based there. PG guy appears to be the only one going the other way (as are Pirates, of course).

We'll know soon enough. But you could get one or two fantasy sessions in before the verdict.

 

The entirety of the flaws of MLB's economics can be summed up in a minor leaguer's apprenticeship lasting six weeks longer than "some people think" it should have.

Yeahhhhh suuuuuurrrre.

 

The contract between the owners and the players is structured so that the leverage between the two moves from the team, to the player, the longer the player is in the major leagues.

It is this way by design, and it guarantees that a player who has a long career will make a lot of money.

It would be insane for teams not to use the leverage to their advantage during the window they have it. Players use it when they have it. Why wouldn't the teams/owners?

And, if a player seeks security, he can do a long term deal when he's young. He's not forced to. That's his call, and it may cost him money in the long run. If he want to go year to year, until the advantage is in his favor, he can do that too. He might make a little less early in his career, but he has the potential to make much more.

Why is this even a debate? It's a deal both sides agreed to.

 

Don't you know YF? Because not every child in America wakes up on Opening Day thinking his/her team can win it all.

Oh, and ... CC SABATHIA!!!!!!!

 

It's a deal both sides agree to *that benefits small-market teams*

 

Don't you see? That there even are small market teams is evidence of these fundamental flaws. I'm sorry you're too lazy to understand this. Unless you're just trolling or lying.

 

That isn't close to the entirety. Just one more piece of evidence.

And there really isn't anybody who buys the Pirates' argument that he was kept down for any reason other than money.

 

Money is the only reason he's with the Pirates at all.

 

One more think you suck at. Imitating me.