mqr

That still seems like...impossibly high.

Imagine being paid half a billion dollar and 90% of people wouldn't recognize you walking your dog. That's the dream.

I'm not sure pleased is the correct word, but it's not the worst thing in the world.

Whoever is catching there not having to follw the ball with his glove is blowing my mind

It starts at 1:15 to be specific

Tattoo this on my forehead, plz

I would be very okay with Gavin FLoyd

Anderson, Moncada, Eloy feels like a no brainer to me.

Uh, all three questions are required. I'll vote for James McCann if I have to, but I'd rather not.

meh, they're all still on something I'm sure

At this point I would say 0% chance this gets done for opening day.

So what? He called attention to the problem without biting the hand that feeds him. Don't see it worthwhile to take personally.

It's not like he said 'The White Sox practices are bullshit. Not like ours, the Astros' Don't really get the backlash. He's right.

How much worse can it get?!

I can't believe how many people try to argue that the 3 batter rule limits what a manager can do so it is therefore bad. Disagree with how it affects balance/flow/whatever all you want, but saying a rule shouldn't dictate strategy is one of the dumber things I've ever heard.

And he's not even a shortstop.

Revenue governs labor costs, not vice versa. Also, tickets cost 7 dollars.

That guy playing shortstop is worth like 30 million...

Again... the benefits of signing a guy early FAR outweigh the risk of paying someone 9 million dollars when they're worth 4. (Anderson is also worth => 9 million.)

1. False 2. Fine, if he gets released (He won't), the extension he was given will not be prohibitive in anyway because of the structure of his options, which was my entire point.

The payoff on these kind of deals is absolutely massive vs. the risk. The risk is there and it's very real, but look at Anderson who is the closest one of the 4 deals of this type to being a 'bad' deal. his contract is basically a non-factor.

Maybe a few million dollars. That's a risk I'm taking to prevent a guy from walking for another year.

There's just no way in hell this happens without options.

I would think the pre-arb would be a touch higher, but yeah this is what I envision and I would sign that deal right this second.

If there's not, there won't be a deal. I'd bet the house on that.