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Mark.cox.us
At this point, it doesn’t look like KC is missing out on much by not having Manaea Finnegan Reed Lamb — a lot of injuries and inconsistencies in that bunch. The low cost and controllability would have been nice though.
schellis 2
KC is missing out on a lot with Finnegan and Manaea…possible more with Reed. The majority of young pitchers are inconsistent, if they started working them in last year they would likely be consistent at worst middle of the rotation arms when they needed them to be.
Again though acceptable price to pay for the championship.
Small market teams like the Royals have to take their windows when they have them since they take so much time to get. basball needs to fix this. Teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, and Red Sox shouldn’t get massive windows that close only for a year or two while teams like the Reds, Royals, and A’s get windows of one or two years followed by five to ten years of “rebuilding”
Nick4747
They do through revinue sharing and compensation picks while there are have and have not teams alot of smaller market teams like the royals twins have spent $ salary is going up across the board and the costs of being over the luxury tax has made larger market clubs like the angels dodgers red sox and Yankees seem rather frugal at times between last year’s left field fiasco with the angels the Dodgers not wanting to go the extra mile on greinke the red sox on Lester and the Yankees not signing a single free agent last year
seamaholic 2
The union has to relent on a salary cap, even if it’s an NBA-style soft cap. Never will though.
Nick4747
I hate this argument because baseball should be different than any other sport the large market teams deserve to spend more because they make up such a large amount for the overall $ were as basketball or football have more $even the smaller market teams draw large crowds sell way more in merchandise
schellis 2
couldn’t be because in those sports these smaller market teams and gasp better because they can spend more and thus pull in more fans.
I highly doubt there would be even a third of the Cleveland fans there are if Lebron wasn’t there, same with the Packers if they didn’t have Rodgers or that tradition of winning.
Baseball is set up so that only the larger markets can consistently thrive, yes the smaller markets can get there but they need to hit right on most everything. If the Reds were to have signed that Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval, or Jason Heyward deal they’d be screwed. Heck even the deals that Homer Bailey and Devon Mesoraco signed have hurt them significantly, though those are injury related and while it hurts I don’t like to count them.
No team should have that kind of advantage over another. Now if you have a team that drafts poorly constantly, or makes horrible deals regularly that should be on them.
The league needs to be one that rewards all teams for drafting/trading/signing well and not one that has half the league needing to be near perfect to have a chance while the other half can have mistakes ranging from minor to what in the heck where they thinking.
There is also the fact that without these small market teams there would be no league.
All TV/Radio contracts should be handled by the league and equally split up.
There should be a soft cap, but also a floor which revenue sharing being given based on how much each team spends. Spend only 50% of the cap you get this much help, spend up to it and beyond you get this.
What is left put into player pensions for those that came before the salaries went though the roof, use it to build up the game for kids or training facilities in 3rd world countries so there can be a international draft.
BoldyMinnesota
So the rich get richer?
Nick4747
Exactly if u put a soft cap more $ in owners pockets as far as split up revinue that’s not great for the simple fact that your offending more of your fan base people like myself have a hard time accepting but mlb is a distant 3rd maybe fourth in pro sports that’s why watching the Browns vs watching the Indians there’s a huge disparity despite the fact the Indians are a great team the disparity between the top teams and the lowest teams is far greater and as far as TV deals the mlb will lose $ because the large market teams are what people want to see take for instance Tampa when they were good and had alot of empty seats when not playing large market teams
Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA
I’m sorry you’re notion is flat wrong. The royals won a WS without spending exorbitant amounts and the Indians are there without spending exorbitant amounts. The red Soxs dumped huge money and won a WS. You don’t need to spend huge amounts to win.
There’s always going to be a disparity although revenue sharing was drawn up in a way to alleviate those disparities. What happens a majority of the time is owners line their pockets. Its ridiculous media contracts are set because of size and draw of the team in market. Bigger market team already give up portions. So no they should not split their media contracts through 30 teams. The luxury tax or “soft cap” is there because unlike the other two major sports baseball is a lot different. You’re not filling out a 15 man roster with max guys or you’re not dealing with non guaranteed contracts. You are also get 81 games. Welcome to life not everything is fair.
Nick4747
It’s also not right that teams like the Dodgers or Chicago are sold for an exuberant amount more than a Tampa or some team like that and we’ll just split it down the middle now mlb would be fleecing magic Johnson and the likes
BoldyMinnesota
No not everything is fair, but I think sports are one thing that should be fair. Large market teams get to take bigger risks that others can’t because of it.
Nick4747
They do that and not deal with the scrutiny that certain markets deal with like the Yankees were they can never sell off or rebuild because they always have to contend (they caught alot of slack for that)that a Cincinnati the team can do without any real backlash because of attendance and lack of media exposure that sounds so fair
BoldyMinnesota
Most fans should be smart enough and realize when it’s time to rebuild. You do know the Cubs are just exiting a rebuild, and the Yankees even just had a mini one I guess. And even if that was true, which it’s not, that would be apples to oranges
MatthewBaltimore23
If you actually rebuild and get prospects, you will have them for 6 years, and that would be your window. That only happens though if you actually take the time to get a quantity of quality prospects.
krillin
Wow. I had no idea they were dishing out that amount of cash.
BoldyMinnesota
And to some guys who aren’t that good too
slider32
I the NL Central has been underrated for years now, Cleveland looks pretty good, and the Tigers have been good in the past. The Royals took advantage of their window, but could have made some other decisions that would have kept them on top longer.
astros_fan_84
I admire the Royals, but suspect they may go the way of Phillies and hold on too long. However, their fan base may not give them a choice.
From a baseball standpoint, the best option might be to sell the team, but it’s understandable why that’s not feasible.
bucknerforhall
gordon deal killed the Royals
wgibson648
I am very surprised that neither the author (Steve Adams) nor any of the commentators make any mention about a (somewhat) obvious candidate to replace Wade Davis … Greg Holland.
Jeff Todd
He’s not really going to be any cheaper than Davis. I guess they could trade Wade and re-sign Greg — certainly, they have done a lot of those risky two-year deals to injured pitchers — but I don’t know if that lines up financially.
stubby66
Think with the guys coming back and then you maybe add like Puig, Garin Chechina, Noah Sorgard and maybe Logan Morrison’s to your dh and bench. Then really do your diligent on pitching.Team will repeat go for it hard
bravesguru
Braves could take $67M off the Royals commitments with Perez and Ventura for two top 100 prospects like Lucas Sims (1st Round AAA) and Touki Toussaint (1st Round A).