FloydBannister1983

Nah. I think Cease was overrated and was a one year wonder. He regressed to his mean this past season. I think that’s who he is. IMHO.

Reinsdorf doesn’t get credit for offering Machado $100 million when there were poison pills in there and he had no intention of ever paying that money. It’s as credible as any one of us offering Machado $100 million. Same for Wheeler. It’s easy to offer something that won’t be accepted.

Disagree. I’d rather see a game in which the team I root for loses while fighting hard rather than seeing a team go through the motions. Its night and day. if you’re on the team a loss is a loss. If you’re a consumer that’s not quite the case.

Does one earn extra points for remaining a fan of a team when they're winning? If one isn't getting enjoyment out of a sports team they support for entertainment should one be shamed for looking elsewhere?

Forgive me I’m a bit out of the loop … is that the going rate for top relievers these days or is this a massive outlier? Seems a lot for a reliever, even a good one.

No.

Not a single one.

The strikeouts too. Very noticeable.

(I am currently replaying this 1979 season in APBA. It was a different game back then.)

Somebody has to.

I’m not sure Getz knows more than a drunken LaRussa or an aged Reinsdorf. He has that deer caught in the headlights look perfected.

Actually it seems that they peaked in 2007 and haven’t sniffed that since 2008. I know we are still coming out of a pandemic but even before it was 10% off the high.

I’ve heard plenty of people complain about the latter and how much it costs to go to a movie today. Your first paragraph is true but people deserve to keep their money if the price to watch is too high.

Reinsdorf would have made a great bureaucrat.

Beat me to it.

I suppose it’s better than Royals cast offs.

I don’t think it’s bitching. More mocking.

This team is more than two years away from .500, IMHO.

Over a guy who hit .190 two years ago and skipped last year?

This ought to lessen the sting of losing out on Ohtani. (I have never heard of this guy. Maybe he’s good. Doubtful.)

Jerry Reinsdorf has never signed someone to a contract greater than 1/9 of this contract. Let that sink in.

Who is forcing Juan Soto to be employed in major league baseball?

Yeah, it really seems like the Yankees have struggled to attract free agents over the years. If only the Yankees would drop the facial hair thing they could get free agents to come to New York.

That’s what I said. Spending a lot on short term players is not spending as most would understand it. Yes the payroll goes up for a couple years but it’s quite easy to bring it back down. Spending the same on long term, impact players is quite different. So he spent for two or three years. Still hasn’t even crossed that $80 million mark for a single player. He overspent on bullpen.

Spending a lot piecemeal on shorter term contracts is a lot different than committing, wisely, Bryce Harper type money. It’s cheap because you get out from under it quicker.