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4 minutes ago, ptatc said:

They are. Everyone is just looking for a person to blame. The owners aren't idiots. They know more than Manfred the issues with cancelling games. They know they situation for each team. David Sampson, a previous exec with the Marlins under Loria was quoting the situation of each team from 2017 when he arranged the sale of the team. They all know all of it. They are just split between the high revenue and low revenue teams. This is where Manfred has failed. To try to get a consensus. Or at least 23 votes.

“This is our final offer, no really this is, no maybe this one, what about an international draft” does not sound like a group who understand the implications of losing games or who are split along revenue lines. 

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5 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

“This is our final offer, no really this is, no maybe this one, what about an international draft” does not sound like a group who understand the implications of losing games or who are split along revenue lines. 

Sure it is. Each one of those final offers was for a specific event they planned out. The first one was for the start of spring training. The next one was for opening day to start on time. The current one is get be able to fir 162 into a reasonable timeframe. Each "deadline" is calculated for games and season. They understand it all too well. They are willing to sacrifice games that don't generate them much revenue early in the season.

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3 minutes ago, ptatc said:

Sure it is. Each one of those final offers was for a specific event they planned out. The first one was for the start of spring training. The next one was for opening day to start on time. The current one is get be able to fir 162 into a reasonable timeframe. Each "deadline" is calculated for games and season. They understand it all too well. They are willing to sacrifice games that don't generate them much revenue early in the season.

If they were willing to sacrifice those games, then waiting 5 days wouldn’t have caused such a massive shift in the owners’ offer.

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50 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

lol there it is. Time for the "REAL FINAL offers. Ignore those previous fake final offers."

Right?  I know memories are short and what is time anymore, but some of us remember the last few “final” offers a very short time ago.  Maybe the final Final FINAL offer will do it?  IDK. 

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9 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

If they were willing to sacrifice those games, then waiting 5 days wouldn’t have caused such a massive shift in the owners’ offer.

I still think their feigning at urgency is about getting expanded playoffs this season.  Owners don’t care about 162, but they players do and want those checks + service time.  I’d imagine MLB would rather not pay for games that don’t happen nor grant service time for the same. 

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10 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

If they were willing to sacrifice those games, then waiting 5 days wouldn’t have caused such a massive shift in the owners’ offer.

It does because if it gets past the point of 162 games, they will need to start negotiating if the players get paid for and get service time for 162. The players will want to get paid and service time for games they didn't play.

You're right where it doesn't change the current topics but those additional topics will go to the forefront for the union.

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5 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

Right?  I know memories are short and what is time anymore, but some of us remember the last few “final” offers a very short time ago.  Maybe the final Final FINAL offer will do it?  IDK. 

People just don't read. Each of those final offers was tied to a specific event, ie, this is the final offer before this will occur.

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1 minute ago, ptatc said:

People just don't read. Each of those final offers was tied to a specific event, ie, this is the final offer before this will occur.

You are correct, but it all feels like posturing when they follow it up with more final offers.  It’s hard for me to take ownership seriously w/o a heavy dose of cynicism. 

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8 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

Yeeet.

 

Well that's good news.  So we're back to the players being greedy fucks if we don't have a deal today and the rumored final offer from MLB on the CBT, min salary and pre-arb pool were accurate.  

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3 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

You are correct, but it all feels like posturing when they follow it up with more final offers.  It’s hard for me to take ownership seriously w/o a heavy dose of cynicism. 

Of course, it's posturing. That is all part of the negotiations. It's frustrating but that's negotiations.

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