MLBTR Chat Transcript

“Just as an example, questions about Bauer, Puig, MLB vs MLBPA, manfred vs boras, roster size, expansion, the A’s crooked owner, teams holding fan bases ransom for public funds or anything important financially are often ignored.”
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Crypto Nerd;

I’ve had issues with MLBTR. They are what they are. What they do they do extremely well, and they have no competition in the marketplace – which is why I come here.

MLBTR is pretty much about roster changes and salaries which in turn often dictate roster changes. They uses public statistics to try to find benchmarks – although there are so many different statistics available that it’s easy to paint whatever picture the writer wants to.
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As for your point, all you’re bringing up is controversy. People like me come here for baseball. The issues you’re bringing up are best covered on talk radio where the hosts can be smart aleck’s, say provocative things, take either the side of a) six or b) half a dozen and talk for hours as callers jump right in taking one side or the other.
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I’ll address your first issue which I wrote a post about the other day, but no one cares: Bauer…..

MLB has gone to great expense to market itself not just to males, but to females and families as well…..which means all human beings in the world that can go to a ballpark or watch MLB games on a media device. Now, while you’re a tough demanding guy that sees things one way, there are a lot of females’ and people in families that see things another. In short – any team that signs Bauer and puts him out on the field has just alienated a large portion of their fanbase. That franchise is going to lose a tremendous percentage of their revenue – and I’m not just talking about ticket prices.

MLB goes to great lengths (as do all the professional sports leagues) to make players aware of how they’re perceived by the public; and that there are going to be ramifications for their actions – good and bad. It’s not a matter of “The Law”. It’s a mater of how they act, comport themselves, and who they hang with. Bauer decided to do it his way.
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To add – lots of people here hate Scott Boras. But they ignore the fact that of the thousands of players he’s represented over the decades, only a few have had any sort of controversy, and that’s usually injury related. He and his organization market their players as professionals and expect them to conduct themes as such. They provide support (physical and mental) and keep tabs on them, Most other agents do the same, few as well.
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In closing – following baseball should primarily be about following the game being played on the field. If you want to talk about the issues you brought up there must be dozens of sites on the Internet as well as talk radio/tv.