Harold's Leg Lift

They already agreed to a prorated pay scale but the owners are proposing a paycut on top of that.

The players pay cut proposal will go over like a lead balloon.

Oops. Wrong thread.

He has red flags other than his size. There's violence in the delivery and there are some mechanical issues but teams pay for tools and stuff at the top of the draft and there is no doubt he has big time stuff. I also think he'll be gone before the Sox pick at 11.

Luke Little throwing 105 in a bullpen. ?

Owners are hell bent on saving money so I'm not sure how much they will allocate for FA's. They may just say here's a $100k do what you can.

Dumbasses

That's umm...that's an interesting mock. Yeesh

Madrigal still has believers?

I'm with ya Jack. The dude is big nasty and left handed. No need to over think this. I'm just afraid he's not going to be there at 11.

The baseball people want the draft longer but the owners see it as an unneccessary expense considering the draftees most likely won't be playing this year and money is going to be very tight even if they're able to come to a pay scale agreement.

He wasn't being selfish or greedy. He set the bar higher for the free agents coming after him.

All of the above and straight from the Rahm Emanuel playbook.

Good stuff. Eric is an interesting dude.

Like I've been saying......

24/30 = 0.8

That's a loud bullpen.

That's not true. 80% of teams will lose money playing games with no fans in the stadium.

If this were a scenario like the past where they were just fighting over how to divvy up the pie I would agree they would find a way to make it work but this scenario is different because there is no pie to divvy up.

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.