Kris Bryant is awesome and we were always right to love him

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I simply can’t move past the Random Capitalization

That is oddly enough his porn name.

[Cubswin11]

Mr clutch indeed

 

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

...yeah, but what about when he hits at Busch?

[minnesotacubsfan]

trade him for popcorn

[Cubswin11]

Figure out a way to extend this man, please.

 

 

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[minnesotacubsfan]

Figure out a way to extend this man, please.

 

 

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unfortunately, the evil Ricketts know only one way to extend someone:

[jersey cubs fan]

[Sammy Sofa]

 

You scamp:

 

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[Cubswin11]

[WrigleyField 22]

What in the 1990s straight to VHS documentary music was that?

[cl smooth]

What in the 1990s straight to VHS documentary music was that?

 

isn't that the theme to the natural?

 

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[Cubswin11]

This is horsefeathering ridiculous, regardless of the outcome

 

[Backtobanks]

This is horsefeathering ridiculous, regardless of the outcome

 

 

Obviously the lawyers are getting paid an hourly rate. At this speed, you would think this is a Supreme Court case.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Bryant's case should be a slam-dunk win.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I just don't understand how we got to this point, where a franchise is essentially frozen by a grievance that should have been resolved 3 years ago.

 

Why didn't this get resolved sooner? Should there not be time limits on filling and ruling on grievances? Is there any precedent for this sort of a delay?

 

Whether any of us agree with the Cubs baseball budget and their apparent interest in trading an elite(ish) young hitter, it sucks that their whole offseason is pending a seemingly clear cut resolution to a situation that should have been ruled on soon after the complaint was made.

 

MLB offseason is the worst, and this certainly isn't helping.

[Banedon]

 

[David]

 

 

about time

[Brian]

it only took 5 years to look at the relevant section of the CBA

[BigbadB]

Impressive that Jeff Passan was able to get Kris in uniform and get a pic of his reaction to the grievance results.

[Bertz]

I think what I'd like to see to address this ugliness is MLB moving away from service time being measured in days. Have it be a binary thing like a minor league option, where if you appear in an MLB game in a given season that's a year of service time. Maybe you add some additional carveouts for like September callups and injury rehabs, but broad-strokes I think that's the solution that fixes the issue without completely turning the system on its head.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

So with this, is KB still a Cub by the end of the week?

[UMFan83]

I think what I'd like to see to address this ugliness is MLB moving away from service time being measured in days. Have it be a binary thing like a minor league option, where if you appear in an MLB game in a given season that's a year of service time. Maybe you add some additional carveouts for like September callups and injury rehabs, but broad-strokes I think that's the solution that fixes the issue without completely turning the system on its head.

 

Couldnt they just lower the number of days it would take to get your first year of service time? Teams do this because they rationalize that being without that player for 2 weeks at the beginning of the season is not that bad. If they had to wait until May 15th to call that player up, I'm guessing that would be less tempting for a team looking to contend.

[Andy]

I think what I'd like to see to address this ugliness is MLB moving away from service time being measured in days. Have it be a binary thing like a minor league option, where if you appear in an MLB game in a given season that's a year of service time. Maybe you add some additional carveouts for like September callups and injury rehabs, but broad-strokes I think that's the solution that fixes the issue without completely turning the system on its head.

 

Couldnt they just lower the number of days it would take to get your first year of service time? Teams do this because they rationalize that being without that player for 2 weeks at the beginning of the season is not that bad. If they had to wait until May 15th to call that player up, I'm guessing that would be less tempting for a team looking to contend.

If I were czar I'd make it more like half the season = a year of service time. Maybe less. September could be excepted if a guy makes his MLB debut in that month.

[Bertz]

I think what I'd like to see to address this ugliness is MLB moving away from service time being measured in days. Have it be a binary thing like a minor league option, where if you appear in an MLB game in a given season that's a year of service time. Maybe you add some additional carveouts for like September callups and injury rehabs, but broad-strokes I think that's the solution that fixes the issue without completely turning the system on its head.

 

Couldnt they just lower the number of days it would take to get your first year of service time? Teams do this because they rationalize that being without that player for 2 weeks at the beginning of the season is not that bad. If they had to wait until May 15th to call that player up, I'm guessing that would be less tempting for a team looking to contend.

 

That would definitely help a lot (and is the more realistic solution), but small market teams like the Rays hold guys down until the Super 2 deadline just to save money in arbitration, so we'd still see it to an extent.

[Regular Show]

I think what I'd like to see to address this ugliness is MLB moving away from service time being measured in days. Have it be a binary thing like a minor league option, where if you appear in an MLB game in a given season that's a year of service time. Maybe you add some additional carveouts for like September callups and injury rehabs, but broad-strokes I think that's the solution that fixes the issue without completely turning the system on its head.

 

Couldnt they just lower the number of days it would take to get your first year of service time? Teams do this because they rationalize that being without that player for 2 weeks at the beginning of the season is not that bad. If they had to wait until May 15th to call that player up, I'm guessing that would be less tempting for a team looking to contend.

If I were czar I'd make it more like half the season = a year of service time. Maybe less. September could be excepted if a guy makes his MLB debut in that month.

 

I believe this will be the solution they come up with in the next CBA. The first year of service time for every player will be like half of what it is currently. If a team wanted to delay their player's FA they'd have to call him up after July 1st or around the halfway mark. I guarantee teams (especially small-market teams) will still do this however. The Cubs definitely wouldn't have waited that long in 2015 to call up KB.