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johnsilver
Answer has been simple for years to throw those 3rd world criminals out of business and I’ve also been saying this for years.. Roll the Caribbean players into the Rule 4 draft and it all goes away.
MLB can take over the training camps, along with DSL leagues several teams currently employ, only NO teams individually will hold interest in any players, like a HS showcase more or less.
Players will be drafted, with either slotting system intact 9if still remains after next cba) or not and US agencies will have a fair shot to represent players from those countries after drafting.
It works and gets rid of the criminals and graft that is wild in many of these places.
baseballrat
If they didn’t get rid of Wall Street Criminals, don’t see why they would do anything about the “Handlers”.
jtmorgan
Puerto Rico has only just began rebounding from being added to the Rule 4 draft. Adding other international free agents to the draft pool could be detrimental for the MLB talent pool in the short term.
Some changes need to be made, but I don’t think an easy solution exists and will cause more pain.
cxcx
You keep using the word criminals yet don’t ever consider that MLB and team employees might not want to hang around in a third world country running the major industry they have just seized with thousands of bitter, now unemployeed criminals loitering around. There like might be violent incidents, and I’m guessing Dominican police aren’t the best.
cxcx
Here’s an idea for drugs: each team’s home workout facility and stadium have bathrooms installed where each player has his own urinal assigned to him, and the urine is collected and tested via some machine that I guess doesn’t exist yet but could certainly be invented and would be useful in many places. Still ways to dodge I guess but it would be a great start.
Soxfan912
Just a thought on the BoSox prospects. Promoting them sends them to Portland, Maine in April. Maybe when the temp is regularly above 70° they will consider it. Perhaps playing in colder conditions in Portland leads to a more likely injury than playing in Salem, VA this time of year.
InPolesWeTrust
I read that same article yesterday.
hozie007
I am amazed that no one is making a bigger deal about the Nightengale article and Kershaws comments. I’ve been saying this for years, there are more players out there doing PED’s than the fans realize. Maybe no one cares but for the guys in MLB who don’t do PED’s they are just considered average players while others are being touted as superstars. There are PED’s that players are using that they take 2 hrs before a game and the stuff is out of their system within 2 hrs after the game…but the CBA limits when a player can be tested and the players know this.
baseballrat
You gonna test everyone after they hit Hrs, strike out 10 guys? Then you better Test every stock broker, salesman/saleswoman after they make a BIG commission? Sounds about right.
hozie007
I wasn;t aware stockbrokers needed PED’s to do their job. . But with regards to MLB players, umm……..yes, test players during or immediately after every game. .What’s a urine test for PED’s cost…….$300? Let’s do some math….if we test 5 players from each team after every game for 162 games that comes out to $243,000 per team per year. They spend more money on the spread after the game .than that.! If MLB really wanted PED’s out of the game, they could easily afford to implement a plan to catch players that use them….but they won’t because it’s not in their best interest.
aff10
I really think that the main difficulty with PED’s today is that it is basically impossible to disincentivize them for fringe players. I think this new testing program should be more effective for established players, particularly ones with large contracts. In the Rosenthal article, Scherzer talks about finding a punishment harsh enough to force players to stay clean. I’m not sure that this is possible, even with an immediate lifetime ban (which I highly doubt the MLBPA would ever accept anyways). I don’t think there’s any punishment harsh enough to stop the true fringe players (the Everth Cabreras and Jordany Valdespins of the world) from taking a chance, since the league would likely leave those guys behind anyways
TonytheKeg
Unfortunately??? Really? So sick of gender and racial sjw’s.
Jeff Todd
Man, I really feel sorry for you if such a mild statement causes you such angst. I’m not accusing anyone or any institutions of being terrible, or calling out the pitchforks. Diversity is a good thing, and it’s okay to want to enhance it through responsible means. Apparently, you are reading into a simple statement much more than was actually said.