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  1. Jfoley89
    I'm aware, but it's effectively gaming the system. Harper's 13 year contract didn't get devalued for LT purposes because of length. I understand it was legal, but it's also bs.
  2. Jfoley89
    Do you see a realistic path to get to an 88 win team next year? Particularly based on Jed's behavior and history, I'm not certain there's going to be much of a value bin to shop in this year. Mets and Yankees still need arms. Rangers may be interested in a Montgomery reunion, and I can't see any circumstances that Stroman comes back.
  3. Jfoley89
    So how much money will the Dodgers pay him in total? Is he only receiving 460 million and they're voiding the other 240?
  4. Jfoley89
    How bad would the Rays be paying 68 million a year for a guy that wasn't on the team for a decade?
  5. Jfoley89
    Because of deferred money that should also be corrected in the next CBA. Its great gamesmanship on their part to have only 2/3rds of the outlay for Ohtani count against them, but that's just another advantage of the rich teams.
  6. Jfoley89
    Don't wish that evil on me. I'll take an expansion team local over that ownership group
  7. Jfoley89
    SoFi, MetLife, and Gillette are all privately owned in the NFL.
  8. Jfoley89
    Fair. Cheap if not small market. I just stayed in an airbnb on the Southside, and the field area itself is gorgeous. The rest wasn't great🤣🤣🤣
  9. Jfoley89
    Of course it is. You're never getting a cap without a floor, and the floor should be a minimum of the national TV share and any revenue sharing. Basically force attendance, concessions, and merchandise sales to be the sources of profit. It'll make being better the only way to be more profitable. On a side note, this site may be the first time I consider downloading an ad blocker. 6 videos per comment is way over the top.
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    In the last 20 years, the Royals and the White Sox are the only small market teams to win a World Series. You can definitely be competitive and such, but the ability to spend is the single biggest advantage in baseball.
  11. Jfoley89
    The Cubs no longer have a season ticket waiting list, and they've failed to break 3 million in attendance post sell off/covid. I have no doubts the Cubs will be fine, but I'm not sure the product on the field isn't affecting attendance to a degree
  12. Jfoley89
    Dodgers still have rotational openings
  13. Jfoley89
    You may be right, but we just pivoted from a 20 game Wrigley ticket package to Titans season tickets as the family xmas present. It's interesting to discuss the financials and such, but I'm mostly just apathetic when it comes to MLB at this point. The Dodgers are definitely doing what's best for them, and I wish the Cubs would match it, but spending a billion dollars per offseason makes mlb far closer to the EPL than must watch television for me. If they fire Jed, then maybe we get in on it, and I can be an insufferable United type fan, but it's got to be depressing being a fan of the 20 teams that start the season eliminated every year.
  14. Jfoley89
    He's not really wrong though. I'd imagine this is the worst possible offseason for MLB as a brand. The Dodgers have spent more on 2 players than the combined payrolls of any single MLB division. It's great for the Dodgers, and they're right to maximize their advantage, but been an incredibly slow offseason and a perception of futility from 26 other teams, it's dropped engagement and interest dramatically. Hell, I had the option of going to the Cubs convention this year, and I'm passing because why drive to Chicago for this?
  15. Jfoley89
    I do. At this point wasting trade resources makes zero sense for a Cubs team that has let almost all of the impact talent sign elsewhere. Why trade the only way the Cubs might actually get a superstar for a first round playoff exit? I'm all about maximizing opportunities, and blowing half your farm system to win the Central makes zero sense when you're not willing to back that play in FA with talent.
  16. Jfoley89
    If anyone thought we were shopping in Yamamoto waters, they clearly weren't paying attention. The one thing this does do for me is that I hope they don't waste trade assets on a Bieber/Framber/etc. We're now so far behind the upper echelon of the NL that it doesn't make sense to dump a ton of resources to win a division that isn't making a deep run for a few years. Keep what we have and hope we hit
  17. Jfoley89
    The Cubs largest contract in history ranks 12th out of the 15 in the NL. Only the Pirates, Cardinals, and Giants have also failed to ever spend 200 million on a player. They move up to 19th in all of MLB if you count all teams, but they're still in the bottom 3rd of the league. Jed's team last year failed because he thought 7 million would fix the bullpen, and that Hosmer, Mancini, and Barnhart belong on a good baseball team. The Cubs have lost 7.5 wins from last year's team. Now some things did go well Suzuki had a huge step forward. Tauchmann seems to be a serviceable 4th/spot starter. Swanson put up 4.9 WAR. They have a top 5 farm system, but it's drastically short on impact talent. Thus far, Ross failed to extract much value from the kids coming up, but hopefully Counsel changes that. It's pretty clear we're far behind the Dodgers and the Braves at this point. The Braves develop, trade, and extend far better than Jed and the Dodgers are willing to spend money. Those should be the teams we're worried about, because a team with the Cubs revenue and pricing structure shouldn't be crying poor.
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    People keep saying this, but 13 of the Athletics top 40 free agents have signed. That's roughly 33% of the impact talent gone. I'm sure they'll spend some money at some point, but they're starting to run out of opportunities to be as good as they were in 2023
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    I'm not sure I'd call 1/100th of a Shotei an investment. It sure sounds like bargain shopping to me. They got 2 pitchers for the same amount they spent on Mancini
  20. Jfoley89
    Tucker Barnhart, Trey Mancini, Eric Hosmer. We did pay more for Taillon than Senga for half the production. The bullpen lost 36 leads last year with nearly zero investment. What exactly do you think that Jed has done well with this team?
  21. Jfoley89
    You know, if we didn't have 3 years of Jed accomplishing basically nothing in the offseason, your take would definitely be realistic and valid. However, we're in year 3 of shopping for the scraps no one else wanted. We waited late to overpay for the last shortstop on the market and we bargain-binned Taillon to be virtually unusable over half the year. We're still paying this year because Jed screwed up bargain shopping by giving out two years to guys he couldn't even keep on the team. If we paid a little bit more for Senga, this is a playoff team last year.
  22. Jfoley89
    I'd say signing Bellinger who can transition to 1B would be a sign that he needs more seasoning. Signing a Lee type for 4 years with Happ and Suzuki says they don't think he's making it to the majors
  23. Jfoley89
    Its all over that they were in on Lee. That doesn't scream that they think PCA is an assett
  24. Jfoley89
    The frustration for me is that if they're not sold on PCA, then why are the shopping for a replacement and devaluing him? Sell high on him and then find someone else while people are still paying full value.
  25. Jfoley89
    This is year 3 of Jed being incompetent in the offseason while getting defended aggressively by people who somehow think he's a secret genius
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