Recent content by JimD

There is no doubt in my mind they are taking advantage of the opportunity.

I agree. I think the fallout is going to make the owners' previous contraction plan look like a dream scenario by the time MiLB is able to resume.

This 100%. It is absolutely worth the money.

The second one for me. Investing my emotions into caring about who wins or loses a game seems so silly right now.

They can still add additional players since they are below the 60-man limit. Seems like a good time to be in rebuild mode. I'd be be very frustrated if a long-awaited window of contention for my team was opening now, or about to close.

The sport of baseball is in so much trouble and it's hard to feel optimistic that it will improve in the coming years. Some folks seem to be picking sides but I can't. Ownership deserves the majority of blame in this fiasco in my opinion, as they are certainly in a collective position to have...

You're assuming competent leadership at MLB working together with the Player's Association for the joint safety and benefit of all involved. Nothing we've seen over the past three months has given me any hope that common sense will suddenly break out in baseball.

New York state has been far more serious in its Covid response than New Hampshire and would undoubtedly be better prepared, if also far more strict. There is also the benefit that they will already be working with the Yankees and Mets on precautions and protocol for both 'spring' training and...

I agree, it's starting to look like they may have Mookied it.

The union won by getting Manfred to approach Clark hat in hand and have MLB agree to full pro-rated salaries. Rushing to Twitter to bash Manfred for his interpretation of the meeting with Clark is dumb IMO and risks a backlash from the hard-line owners.

Full prorated salaries is the only win that Clark and PA care about - getting the owners to cave on this was huge.

If they do this and try to impose a 50-game season, I would expect to see many star players opt-out. It will look little better than games with replacement players and will be disastrous.

I believe that there is a high likelihood that the bloc of less-lucrative (i.e, less well-run) franchises are using their veto power here. I have to imagine that the Sox, Yankees, Dodgers and others can weather this and would want to come back, and it is probable that they will have to...

Martino's January article includes the following: I wonder how much of this story Martino will cover in his book, or will it be treated as less of an offense because the Yankees were smart enough to have stopped when MLB issued its warnings in 2017?

Given that the PA has telegraphed its intention to file a grievance, seems like MLB should up the number of games from 48-50 to perhaps 60 games in any imposed schedule - thus increasing the total payout to players as a way to blunt any accusations of not negotiating in good faith.