2019 MLB Regular Season running thread

[DanOregon]

So what? Why would road attendance have any impact on what a team pays it's players?

It just surprises me that such a great player isn't much of a draw.

 

[micropolitan guy]

It just surprises me that such a great player isn't much of a draw.

Teams do receive a share of the gate for road games. Not game-changing money, but I'd rather be the Yankees playing in front of 2.8 million on the road than the Padres playing before 1 million, for example.

 

[Della9250]

Interesting decision by Bregman to let Houston buy out his arbitration years. He'll be 30 when this contract ends and past the point where teams will be willing to shell out a massive deal. Hey, he knows better than me what is best for him, but I think he's probably leaving a bunch of money on the table with this deal.

I don't think it's that bad of a deal. He's making a little more than 600K for this season and averages 20 mil for the next five years, not six. There's no way he was going to make 60 million across his three arbitration years -- Mookie Betts just got 20 million in his second year after 10.5 million.

He's made about 7.5 million through this year, counting his draft bonus. I'm not gonna blame a guy for taking 100 million deal. Plus being in Texas means taking home more thanks to the tax situation.

 

[Della9250]

Proving he also doesn't know baseball

 

[poindexter]

Today is opening day for Major League Baseball. Can You Feel the excitement??

 

[Spartan Squad]

Mariners already won the first game of the season. Feels weird to hear a game go final at 6:15am Pacific

 

[Chef2]

Proving he also doesn't know baseball

Please God let there be audio of this somewhere..........

 

[Chef2]

I think Bruschi **** himself when he said Derrick Johnson.

 

[poindexter]

Please God let there be audio of this somewhere..........

Like Stephen A. Smith, I Also Thought Mike Scioscia Was Still Managing the Angels

 

[Chef2]

Like Stephen A. Smith, I Also Thought Mike Scioscia Was Still Managing the Angels

Son of a *****.

 

[heyabbott]

Proving he also doesn't know baseball

Subconscious antisemitism?

 

[John B. Foster]

 

[heyabbott]

So there you have it, Harper took the most he could get, that was the reason he went to Philly. Good for him for honest about it. The Dodgers offer of 40-45 f0r 3-4 years would have enabled him to make even more money than the contract he signed. And factored in for present value, Stanton's contract may have been larger.

 

[TigerVols]

So rumor has it that the MLB season opened already but that can't possibly be true, can it? I saw no mentioned this morning of any game anywhere. I didn't see any season-kick-off concerts or anything of note, like the NBA and the NFL does.

I guess I must have heard wrong.

 

[Chef2]

So rumor has it that the MLB season opened already but that can't possibly be true, can it? I saw no mentioned this morning of any game anywhere. I didn't see any season-kick-off concerts or anything of note, like the NBA and the NFL does.

I guess I must have heard wrong.

A mere rumor. No statement of fact any place.

 

[justgladtobehere]

If the player's injured, the acquiring team's physical will find that out before the trade takes effect, and I assume it's not good for future business to be caught trying to trade an injured player. On the other hand, a lying team could be trying to protect its own leverage in trade negotiations for a replacement - if trade partners know you're suddenly down a pitcher, the price of pitchers might go up.

As to your earlier point, I'm not sure it would be a good look for Ryan Braun to complain about anyone else lying.

Don't teams have to file players' doctor reports with the league now?

 

[bigpern23]

The White Sox apparently just locked up Eloy Jimenez with a 6-year, $43M deal and he's never played a big league game.

 

[bigpern23]

I hear a lot about labor unrest and a potential strike, but the way owners are suddenly spending on guys who haven't reached arbitration makes me think it can be avoided.

 

[outofplace]

The White Sox apparently just locked up Eloy Jimenez with a 6-year, $43M deal and he's never played a big league game.

That's one way to avoid waiting to start his arbitration clock.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Ichiro to announce his retirement after today's game in Tokyo. One of my all-time favorites to watch. Saw a game that might have been the metaphor for his entire Mariners career on a Sox road trip in 2004. He hit four singles, stole second all four times, and did not score a run as no Mariner was able to drive him in.