Harold's Leg Lift

They won't make money without fans in the stadium.

He probably should have led with this. Clearly, then, if both sides' incentives align, once there's a plan in place this should be rubber-stamped. Not even close. Uh, so this is a problem how? Money.

Damn he would look good in a Sox uniform.

I would rather see Kmet in a White Sox uniform.

It's arrogance because they think they're smarter than the game. They're eliminating minor league teams and cutting the draft because they think they're better and SMARTER at developing players. They have technology!!! No need for all those pesky players anymore. It's too bad. They're making the game worse but the nerds are holding the hammer because they can say the 5 magic words that every billionaire owner loves to hear. It will save you money.

Baseball should be trying to expand the game not contracting it. The more guys playing baseball is a good thing. Just another example of baseballs new found arrogance.

If there is no baseball this year it will be because the owners couldn't come to a revenue sharing agreement.

I'm not saying it's 100% they're not gonna play I was just pointing out there are major obstacles that no one was talking about. Sure there's a chance they could reach a compromise but I'm not optimistic of that happening because these two are really bad at compromising. The owners have been shortsighted during this entire mess I don't think them choosing to punt on the season should be much of a surprise.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/no-fans-no-deal-between-players-and-owners/

The commissioner of baseball is a f'ing idiot.

It's a different bickering about money. Some teams are going to lose money because TV revenue alone won't support the team payroll. They're obviously not going to ok a system where they lose money so they have to figure out a way to share the TV revenue. The owners would rather the players take a pay cut even though they already said they're not going to do that. Until this is resolved nothing is going to happen.

Money is the biggest obstacle. All the logistic stuff is just talk until the two sides are able to hammer out a deal. I'm not optimistic.

They're still arguing about the agreement they already made. If the players are going to take a paycut on top of the prorated salaries they're going to want something big in return. Really big. That just adds another layer to an already very contentious negotiation. There's just too much for them to agree on for this to happen.

https://twitter.com/HotStoveintel/status/1252176881295777796?s=20 yep Not sure why the tweet didn't show up.

No. Teams still want talent in their system.

Maybe he is different. He obviously has a special arm. Maybe he turns into Kerry Wood or Josh Beckett and if this were another year I would love to get a guy like this. I just think there will be better options available.

Now stuff HS pitchers are scary. Ok he's "MLB-ready" but he's not going to be in MLB for 3-5 years at the earliest. What happens over those 3-5 years? Does he get better? His stuff and body are already maxed out. Personally I like guys who can keep building and improving themselves during that time over guys who have to maintain their stuff over that same time period.

I think they called it "shoulder fatigue" which is loosely translated to "we have to win some god damn conference games so we don't get our asses fired."

The vast majority of TV revenue is generated by the big market teams. They can not only afford it they will profit greatly. The small market teams would get killed. They will need a lot of help to break even.

I don't see the Stinson comp. Stinson was two different pitchers as a starter and reliever. In short stints he was low to mid 90's and as a starter he was upper 80's t-90. He clearly lacked arm strength which is why he dropped to the 4th round. Arm strength is not a concern for Crochet. He has been ouchy but nothing arm related. If they knew the season would only be 4 weeks long he would have pitched from the get go but they held him back so he would be strong for conference play. I would love this pick.

Works for me.

In this scenario their expenses are also slashed so they would pocket millions while asking the players to take a cut. You can understand why this is an issue for the players union. Maybe the players take a cut and the owners agree to some sort of 1 year revenue sharing plan. That's a lot of compromising.

Are the Dodgers owners also taking a paycut?

Of course but the Dodgers will still make tons of money while small market teams will lose tons. I guess there's a chance for a compromise but if history tells us anything it's that these guys are really bad at compromising.

All players take a paycut? Even Dodger players when the organization makes $1B in TV revenue?