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  1. CubinNY
    I don't know names, but in order of importance to me SP#1 - SP# 2 Closer (might actually be #`1) A bat off the bench who crushes left-handed pitching.
  2. CubinNY
    If the Pirates make the playoffs, I could see them shocking some teams and having a run with the top of their rotation and that offense. I'm happy for them.
  3. CubinNY
    Jamo is cooked but some of these reactions are over the top. Put him in long relief.
  4. CubinNY
    Better get someone up quickly
  5. CubinNY
    You never know what's real in this age, but I saw a list of teams on Gausman's no-trade clause and it includes the Brewers.
  6. CubinNY
    There is your big bat - Cubs picked Greg Jones on waivers
  7. CubinNY
    Cubs picked up Greg Jones on waivers. I remember when he was a thing while playing for the Biscuits
  8. CubinNY
    Who are you responding to because it wasn't me,
  9. CubinNY
    It's the Cubs' mindset that has been around for longer than the Ricketts have owned them. Just hang around the WC and count the gate. That's how good they want to be for the price they want to pay. Maybe call it the Crane Kenney Experience.
  10. CubinNY
    I just saw my first social media ad on YouTube comparing the Marlins' and Yankees ' payrolls.
  11. CubinNY
    I'm really bad at assessing value and trade stuff, but this looks terribly lopsided against the Cubs.
  12. CubinNY
    With Jamo we can usually tell right away if he has it or not, so if he gives up 2 in the first, please get someone up in the pen before he gives up 4 in the 2nd.
  13. CubinNY
    That got out of hand quickly
  14. CubinNY
    I just noticed that Rea’s Adam’s apple sticks out almost as far as his chin.
  15. CubinNY
    That's not the argument. The argument is "The Dodgers are buying championships."
  16. CubinNY
    Would the argument hold water if the Pages dropped the ball last year? A cap solves what problem? Spending! A cap does not solve any other problem. If a person is against spending, ok. But that's not the argument. The Mets are the #1 spender in baseball. What have they won? If the argument is that teams can't compete, ok. The owners can share amongst themselves (and do to an extent). But that's not the argument either, B/c it's then, it's show me the data time, for inexplicable reasons. You can't start with a conclusion and then find the evidence. I mean, you can, but it would not be a productive pastime.
  17. CubinNY
    JFC
  18. CubinNY
    Had to have been drunk. I'd bet the farm.
  19. CubinNY
    Best non pitcher drafted
  20. CubinNY
    The more I think about after reading as much as I could about the guys they drafted, the more I like this draft, even if doesn’t produce depth. Especially the hitters. Their history is taking safer college bats with hit tool led skills. This year they went gas on power. The floor is there for this team, they need some high ceiling. But the risk is there and I’m ok with that. its similar with pitchers but in a different direction. They went spin and velocity. I’m not sure I love the Townsend pick, but it was solid for where they picked. On paper, they get a big A+ for effort and a sold B overall.
  21. CubinNY
    Nice for Ayers. It would really be something if he turned out to be a 1st division catcher for a few years.
  22. CubinNY
    I don't know anything about Soccer, but the "travel" league stuff is rampant in all sports outside of football. I have friends who have paid tens of thousands of dollars over the years in fees, hotel rooms, equipment, etc., so their kid could be one of the cool kids on a travel team. In some cases, as a bench warmer and in others as a regular contributor, whether it be baseball, soccer, volleyball, or whatever. Exactly 1 played D1 soccer and then decided she didn't want to play after a year. I think a few others played JUCO or small school sports in college. I guess the point is that everything is a product now. It's a shame b/c I had so much fun playing summer ball, and at the end of the season, we had "all-star" tournaments that cost nothing extra. It's kind of interesting that it appears to be hurting us on the world stage.
  23. CubinNY
    Yes. they will not want to share anything that isn't specifically related to a game or NIL merch. They will want to exclude local broadcasting fees and all the stuff that really makes them money, b/c these are negotiated by market. They (the owners) are such a representative of whatever stage of capitalism we are in. They'd rather kill the sport than share one dime they don't think the players are owed.
  24. CubinNY
    What's the point of this? All the owners can get together and decide to share the wealth if they want to do that. They don't need the player's permission.
  25. CubinNY
    You almost get it. Money is not the solution to the Angles and bunch of other team’s problems. So why make the argument in the first place? A cap and floor is only good for the players and for baseball if there is a fair and unbiased accounting of revenue. Does anyone think the owners are going to open the books for an independent audit? owners like the Ricketts use the baseball team to market non baseball revenue like concert and hotels and and a bunch of other stuff. How does that get accounted for. The cap is a pretext wedge the owners are using to suppress wages and steal money from the players. Others have pointed out if they wanted to do pure revenue sharing they can do that today without the players. In the age of Trump the extremely wealthy have no shame and their cravenness is naked.
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