MLB 2025 Off season

F Me In The Brain said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Betts Goes to the Dodgers?  Suck it @Wobbie

Doyers suck

They suck all day long.
That much talent.
That salary

Nothing to show for it.

tempo_n_groove said:

Betts Goes to the Dodgers?  Suck it @Wobbie

Jearlpam0925 said:

If anyone ever hears another analyst say the Yankees, Dodgers, and Red Sox are on another level they can immediately be told to shut up. The Red Sox are obviously no Dodgers, let alone even remotely close to the Yankees.

MayDay10 said:

I always say this whenever something in the MLB turns me off (and Im no Red Sox fan)...

They really need to revamp the entire economic system and structure of the sport or it will go the way of Horse Racing and Boxing in the next 40 years.



You draft and develop a Mookie Betts (or in my case a Francisco Lindor), your team should have a reasonable ability to hang on to that player for all/most of his career.  We will never again have franchise icons unless you are a fan of a couple select teams.  Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripkin, Ty Cobb, Derek Jeter, Ozzie Smith, etc arent the same if they played for a bunch of different teams. 

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

MayDay10 said:

I always say this whenever something in the MLB turns me off (and Im no Red Sox fan)...

They really need to revamp the entire economic system and structure of the sport or it will go the way of Horse Racing and Boxing in the next 40 years.



You draft and develop a Mookie Betts (or in my case a Francisco Lindor), your team should have a reasonable ability to hang on to that player for all/most of his career.  We will never again have franchise icons unless you are a fan of a couple select teams.  Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripkin, Ty Cobb, Derek Jeter, Ozzie Smith, etc arent the same if they played for a bunch of different teams. 

Here's the thing. The Red Sox do have the ability to keep Mookie. They are choosing not to to save money on the luxury tax.  The owner is the owner of one of the most valuable franchises in American sports along with the best club soccer team on the planet with a valuation of the two at around $7 billion.

Lindor is certainly a slightly different story, but let's not cry poor for the Red Sox not being able to sign Betts. They are choosing not to sign Betts to line their own pockets.

^ This.

There's definitely something broken in the system, but it's certainly not because the Boston Red Sox have the inability to hold on to a generational player. It's because owners of teams like the Red Sox can cry "poor" and point to a made-up, farcicle "salary cap".

Jearlpam0925 said:

Via baseballreference: 

"In Major League Baseball, 48% of local revenues are subject to revenue sharing and are distributed equally among all 30 teams, with each team receiving 3.3% of the total sum generated. As a result, in 2018, each team received $118 million from this pot. Teams also receive a share of national revenues, which were estimated to be $91 million per team, also in 2018."

To that I say:  Ahhhhhhahahahahaha

tempo_n_groove said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Via baseballreference: 

"In Major League Baseball, 48% of local revenues are subject to revenue sharing and are distributed equally among all 30 teams, with each team receiving 3.3% of the total sum generated. As a result, in 2018, each team received $118 million from this pot. Teams also receive a share of national revenues, which were estimated to be $91 million per team, also in 2018."

To that I say:  Ahhhhhhahahahahaha

You beat me to this.

Now the local teams also sign HUGE TV deals or the Mets and or Yankees have their own stations and make even more.

If a team is crying foul that they are poor it is utter bullshit.

The damn Halos are NOT a big market team yet they have the ability to keep a player like Mike Trout.  Now surround him w some good pitching and we can add hardware to 2002.