Don

It's a perfect storm of a bunch of things.  The big one is cable is not needing the RSN's like they used to.  The RSN business plan used to be, you had 5 million households in SoCal, all paying $5 a month to a RSN because RSN's were part of the basic package of every cable provider, meaning you had $25 million a month in revenue.  Everyone paid, even if you didn't watch sports.  Now, not every cable provider even carries RSN's anymore, and even if they do, RSN's are on a seperate package that most people don't want to pay the extra money for.  So that 5 million dropped down to a few hundred thousand.  Meanwhile all those lucrative contracts that were signed based on the old RSN business plan went up in smoke, and we are where we are.   

This is exactly the sort of signing we need. If we can get one more solid bullpen arm, I’ll officially call this offseason a massive success.

Relievers are always somewhat of a gamble. Just try to sign as many guys with recent success as possible, then hope a couple work out well.

This is exactly the sort of signing we need. If we can get one more solid bullpen arm, I’ll officially call this offseason a massive success.

This is exactly the sort of signing we need. If we can get one more solid bullpen arm, I’ll officially call this offseason a massive success.

Loaded with guys throwing 95+ isn’t anything to write home about these days

Yes, that would be better

Good point comrade

Good point comrade

Which week?

Which week?

I think a lot of it stems from the false narrative that the length of games is one of MLB's biggest issues. It's a minor issue at most, IMO, and changing the extra innings rules will only speed up 8-ish percent of games. If it's something that MLB really wants to address, there are better ways to do it. 

As much as I'd be fine with keeping extra innings play the same as it always was pre-2020, I think they could've gone with other ideas to modify the extra innings rule. Like others have suggested, maybe you wait until the 12th inning or something to start with a runner on 2nd. You could also play around with the idea of a baseball version of a shoot out once you reach the 12th or something. Like a shortened HR derby sort of thing. 

First, I'm not a fan of this. I don't think there was ever anything wrong with extra innings pre-2020, and it sucks we need to change this part of the game to appease the "games are like too slow, man" crowd.
But, being as this is the permanent rule now, I wonder if it will affect rosters a bit. Given that we're now at 26 players on the roster, I wonder if some teams will switch to carrying one really high end pinch runner instead of the extra pitcher that most teams tend to use that extra spot for. Like does this rule along with the 26 man roster make the Jarrod Dyson's of the world just a bit more valuable?

First, I'm not a fan of this. I don't think there was ever anything wrong with extra innings pre-2020, and it sucks we need to change this part of the game to appease the "games are like too slow, man" crowd.
But, being as this is the permanent rule now, I wonder if it will affect rosters a bit. Given that we're now at 26 players on the roster, I wonder if some teams will switch to carrying one really high end pinch runner instead of the extra pitcher that most teams tend to use that extra spot for. Like does this rule along with the 26 man roster make the Jarrod Dyson's of the world just a bit more valuable?

Dumbass mistake no doubt, but 258M Euros seems like a drop in the bucket compared to CA's money pit. And at least they have a functional high speed rail system in place at the end of the day. As far as I know we're still about 7 billion dollars in field mouse habitat impact studies away from a train that'll cut your shitbag cousin's meth run from Bakersfield to Palmdale down to 25 minutes each way.  

Dumbass mistake no doubt, but 258M Euros seems like a drop in the bucket compared to CA's money pit. And at least they have a functional high speed rail system in place at the end of the day. As far as I know we're still about 7 billion dollars in field mouse habitat impact studies away from a train that'll cut your shitbag cousin's meth run from Bakersfield to Palmdale down to 25 minutes each way.  

Dumbass mistake no doubt, but 258M Euros seems like a drop in the bucket compared to CA's money pit. And at least they have a functional high speed rail system in place at the end of the day. As far as I know we're still about 7 billion dollars in field mouse habitat impact studies away from a train that'll cut your shitbag cousin's meth run from Bakersfield to Palmdale down to 25 minutes each way.  

Dumbass mistake no doubt, but 258M Euros seems like a drop in the bucket compared to CA's money pit. And at least they have a functional high speed rail system in place at the end of the day. As far as I know we're still about 7 billion dollars in field mouse habitat impact studies away from a train that'll cut your shitbag cousin's meth run from Bakersfield to Palmdale down to 25 minutes each way.  

This group scares me because it's probably middle of the pack IF nobody gets hurt or just has an off year. If Loup turns into 2021 Loup again, we may even be a bit above average. But bullpens tend to be pretty fluid over the course of a full season, which is why depth is so important in that area of the roster. So it's really a matter of when some of these dudes get hurt or just start pitching like crap, who do we have that can step in for them? If we manage to find two or three legit dudes via the minors, trades, or the waiver wire, then we've got a decent shot at being good. If we don't do that, then I don't see any realistic scenario where this bullpen isn't a liability.

Agreed that it sucks for Cincy to have that happen in the last ten seconds of a playoff game, but that flag gets thrown (flailing or not) 99/100 times.

This group scares me because it's probably middle of the pack IF nobody gets hurt or just has an off year. If Loup turns into 2021 Loup again, we may even be a bit above average. But bullpens tend to be pretty fluid over the course of a full season, which is why depth is so important in that area of the roster. So it's really a matter of when some of these dudes get hurt or just start pitching like crap, who do we have that can step in for them? If we manage to find two or three legit dudes via the minors, trades, or the waiver wire, then we've got a decent shot at being good. If we don't do that, then I don't see any realistic scenario where this bullpen isn't a liability.

This group scares me because it's probably middle of the pack IF nobody gets hurt or just has an off year. If Loup turns into 2021 Loup again, we may even be a bit above average. But bullpens tend to be pretty fluid over the course of a full season, which is why depth is so important in that area of the roster. So it's really a matter of when some of these dudes get hurt or just start pitching like crap, who do we have that can step in for them? If we manage to find two or three legit dudes via the minors, trades, or the waiver wire, then we've got a decent shot at being good. If we don't do that, then I don't see any realistic scenario where this bullpen isn't a liability.

May I humbly submit KC's own Independence Ave Bridge. The people here love it and are very protective of it. It's like our Lil Sebastian. 
 

May I humbly submit KC's own Independence Ave Bridge. The people here love it and are very protective of it. It's like our Lil Sebastian.