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It's funny when people believe in trickle down

The players are asking for a split of revenues more in line with other major sports. People who say that better wages mean higher costs for everyone are merely parroting talking points of large corporations and the billionaire owners. It's embarrassing, honestly. Feel sorry for? I feel sorry for you stanning for a bunch of people who provide you with absolutely nothing at a baseball game. Even worse for you for arguing against more fair revenue distributions to labor by using some absurd "players wouldn't be better in some other line of work" line which is embarrassing, even for you.

Why aren’t you saying this about ownership? When is enough enough for the billionaires? I’m sorry but it’s pretty clear you are anti-player with these stances. I personally think the top end salaries are absurd, but that is what the market will pay. I don’t fault the players for trying to maximize their earnings during a very limited playing career. The owners are still making money off the players while the players are locked out. A lockout that was entirely unnecessary but voted for unanimously by billionaires who have no interest in negotiating in good faith.

The thing is, they're going to raise prices regardless.

Trickle down is another way to flush your troubles away.

The owners locked out the players because they don’t want to share a larger portion of the massive revenues the players generate. So the players should just concede any leverage to improve their situation to insure no one misses a paycheck?

I may be the next transplant out there if I can orchestrate things right. I work for a company that outside of relocating offers me no room for advancement. There's a position in Dallas opening up next month that is pretty much mine if I want it butttttt I'd be on my own getting there and finding a place. Texsox got a basement for me to crash in? Lol.

No matter how you finish it the answer is yes. This is Soxtalk. At a minimum if everyone is for it, Greg will be against it and Caul will have well sourced 1,000 word essays that may be for or against, it's just hard to tell. It's why we love this place.

What I’m saying is the owners aren’t going to take the hit. Either they cut stuff out or they raise prices, no? I mean none of us see the owners becoming Santa Claus all of a sudden and giving up a piece of their pie. So either way the regular guy loses. I appreciate the condescension to try to help me with this issue, but I’m still confused.

Rancheros.

This is probably a more realistic way to prevent that trade.

The Players’ share of revenue has declined substantially over the past 10 years. Has this meant raises for all those other people? Big price drops at the ballpark? I can think of one other place that money could go.

The great thing about this thread is you are free to post what drafts YOU would re-draft instead of trying to pick apart what I said...

He’s not leaving so not worth the time to talk about.

It’s much more naive to think that the owners could have raised their prices during the last CBA to make more money and didn’t out of the kindness of their hearts.

Every dollar won by the players will ultimately be charged to the fan. It's naive to think the owners are going to settle for less profit.

If you wanted to change that year, you could also grab Blake Snell in the 2nd round. He was a pretty good rookie in 2016 as well

Well the average coach has a 50% win rate...

If Cespedes is the Sox RF by May 2022, some things have gone horribly wrong.

But here is my problem - you can’t just say “I don’t care about the system as long as the team is winning” because the system remains the lifeblood of the team. How are the Astros still on top? They’re bringing up guys like Tucker, Valdez, Garcia, and Urquidy to contribute as guys like Correa and Springer hit free agency and leave. Those guys who beat us are why they can put together their roster. That’s why they can afford to keep a Verlander or take on the contract of a Greinke. Contrast that with the White Sox - who wanted to add a major piece at the deadline, and forgetting about all the scouting failures for a bit, what did they have to do for that trade? Their system had nothing people wanted again, so they had to package their 2022 second baseman and a 2022 reliever, leaving 2 holes. What is the end result of that? They had to spend $8 million a year on Graveman, and they’re now $14 million from the previous luxury tax line with holes in RF and at 2b, and they could also use starting pitching help. They didn’t have guys to replace what they traded away, and now they’re trying to clear money to be able to put big leaguers into those 3 positions on a budget. Eventually, that format - more holes open, less money to spend - is how you get a roster where Jimmy Rollins, Austin Jackson, Brett Laurie, and Mat Latos are major pieces to start the year, because you have too many positions to fill, no talent coming up from the minors to fill holes cheaply, and not enough to spend. So yes, the draft picks still matter and there international signings still matter. It gets even harder next year, and then after 2023 Giolito and Lynn are both free agents.