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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Dec 22, 2022 12:13:17 GMT -5
Black eye for the franchise. This is going to linger longer than the 13 years of the deal they backed out of.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 22, 2022 13:14:21 GMT -5
Will Myers to the Reds
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Dec 22, 2022 15:33:46 GMT -5
I swear every single tweet gets worse and worse. 😂
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 22, 2022 20:00:16 GMT -5
A neutral arbitrator has reduced Trevor Bauer suspension from 324 games to 194 and he will be reinstated immediately
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 22, 2022 20:08:54 GMT -5
Mike Moustakas DFA'd by Reds after they sign Curt Casali
Red Sox release Eric Hosmer
Mets trade James McCann to the O's
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Dec 22, 2022 22:02:04 GMT -5
Mike Moustakas DFA'd by Reds after they sign Curt Casali
Red Sox release Eric Hosmer Mets trade James McCann to the O's Hell yeah. Welcome to the new SFGiants starting 1B and 3B! |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 23, 2022 9:54:09 GMT -5
Michael Conforto to the Giants
2 year deal with an opt out
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Post by sfvega on Dec 23, 2022 10:08:41 GMT -5
Michael Conforto to the Giants 2 year deal with an opt out They finally got their NY outfielder; better late than never. |
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Post by Fundertaker on Dec 23, 2022 10:23:48 GMT -5
It's not official yet though  |
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Post by sfvega on Dec 23, 2022 11:00:32 GMT -5
It's not official yet though It's ok, they knew they had to avoid any physical shenanigans, so they signed the most durable player with the cleanest injury history: Michael Conforto. |
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Post by The Captain on Dec 23, 2022 11:17:04 GMT -5
The Giants after signing a New York outfielder that the Yankees were also interested in:  |
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Dec 23, 2022 11:18:01 GMT -5
Michael Conforto to the Giants 2 year deal with an opt out Guy who broke his leg a decade ago? Naaaaaaaaa Dude who missed literally all of last season with a back injury? HELL YEAH |
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Dec 23, 2022 11:18:57 GMT -5
They also signed the other Rodgers twin. Which I can’t complain about at all actually. A good rebound signing, which hopefully turns out like the Dodgers when they got Blake Trinen on the cheap.
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 23, 2022 11:35:07 GMT -5
Owners getting ready to show their entire collective ass over Cohen blowing up their whole "let's keep wages down without going full collusion" game.
Step one? Admit to collusion!
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Post by ghost on Dec 23, 2022 11:57:05 GMT -5
Owners getting ready to show their entire collective ass over Cohen blowing up their whole "let's keep wages down without going full collusion" game. Step one? Admit to collusion! That's why this Cohen thing is so fascinating. MLB owners colluding is the worst kept secret in sports. They don't have to share a % of revenue with the players like the other leagues do, and they can easily manipulate player salaries and supply/demand every year if they wanted to. Cohen is basically the opposite of that. He helped inflate player costs (started with Scherzer), and basically laughs at the CBT thresholds which the owners have used as an invisible salary cap for years. People are saying things are going to come to blows during the next CBA but this isn't owners vs players. It's owners vs themselves. They can't force Cohen to sell if he doesn't want to, and nothing is stopping Cohen for having a $500m payroll if he's willing to pay the tax and accept the penalties. The reality is, small market owners weren't going to spend money even if Steve Cohen didn't exist. Now they are just going to use his spending to rationalize how unfair the system is when they don't even want to try. |
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Post by sfvega on Dec 23, 2022 12:11:07 GMT -5
Owners getting ready to show their entire collective ass over Cohen blowing up their whole "let's keep wages down without going full collusion" game. Step one? Admit to collusion! That's why this Cohen thing is so fascinating. MLB owners colluding is the worst kept secret in sports. They don't have to share a % of revenue with the players like the other leagues do, and they can easily manipulate player salaries and supply/demand every year if they wanted to. Cohen is basically the opposite of that. He helped inflate player costs (started with Scherzer), and basically laughs at the CBT thresholds which the owners have used as an invisible salary cap for years. People are saying things are going to come to blows during the next CBA but this isn't owners vs players. It's owners vs themselves. They can't force Cohen to sell if he doesn't want to, and nothing is stopping Cohen for having a $500m payroll if he's willing to pay the tax and accept the penalties. The reality is, small market owners weren't going to spend money even if Steve Cohen didn't exist. Now they are just going to use his spending to rationalize how unfair the system is when they don't even want to try. Collusion resurfacing in baseball has been talked about since 2015. They can't kick Cohen out, they'll just go through more legal routes and vote in much, much harsher penalties to implement basically an unofficial hard cap. Because it's so easy to crush Cohen who is in the minority, if not entirely alone. So essentially colluding to beat the guy who isn't colluding with double-collusion. Which will do wonders for the younger demo who are already disinterested in baseball as a whole. |
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Post by The Captain on Dec 23, 2022 12:31:01 GMT -5
All they have to do is just implement an actual salary cap. But the cheaper owners won't do it because that also includes implementing a salary floor. And the union won't go for it because the Cohens of baseball won't be able to spend absurd money on contracts for the top tier of players.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Dec 23, 2022 16:13:17 GMT -5
Blue Jays traded Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Guirrel Jr. to the DBacks for Daulton Varsho
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Post by animaniac on Dec 23, 2022 16:24:18 GMT -5
Blue Jays traded Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Guirrel Jr. to the DBacks for Daulton Varsho Was a little confused why the Diamondbacks would get rid of Varsho but Moreno's a damn good prospect. Deal may end up being good for both. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 23, 2022 19:23:29 GMT -5
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