Tyler

Whoa. 1st round pick to move Cozart is tough, if they didn't blow the pick on Wilson in the first place. Necessary trade. 

That money is just ridiculous. Next. 

Whoa. 1st round pick to move Cozart is tough, if they didn't blow the pick on Wilson in the first place. Necessary trade. 

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It will be the opposing pitchers teaching him humility. For a couple months and then watch out.

So happy for Howie. F*ck yea

So happy for Howie. F*ck yea

So happy for Howie. F*ck yea

So happy for Howie. F*ck yea

So happy for Howie. F*ck yea

So happy for Howie. F*ck yea

I think this is what MLB is trying to convince people is what is necessary for them to pay players living wages. It's not. MLB just got $1 billion from Disney in a new revenue stream. MLB player wages have stagnated, the draft and international free agent pool have capped amateur spending. Lot's of smart people who follow the economics of MLB have been saying they can easily afford to pay minor leaguers much more. This is about the MLB owners trying to screw over minor league owners and using the minor league players they have already screwed over as pawns.
They are talking about cutting about 20% of the teams.
Let's assume teams have 5 affiliates, and each affiliate has 30 players (a higher number than is probably real), and each player makes $15,000 a year (also higher than reality, possibly almost twice as much), and costs $15,000 in overhead (not sure on that number). Each team spends $4,500,000 per year on player salaries in the minors. That's the price of a bad FA reliever. If they paid everyone $30,000 the amount spent would be $6,750,000. 
Cutting one team each, 20%, the current cost would be $3,600,000 if salaries staid the same. So for roughly $3,000,000 MLB owners could double the salary of every minor leaguer, triple it in many instances, and not cut any affiliates. 
I'm sure my numbers are not accurate. But I think it's hard to argue that for the price of a Matt Harvey, or an owner's yacht fuel budget for the year, minor league players could be paid a decent wage and they wouldn't have to cut jobs to do it.
But who will think of those poor yachts, permanently moored in the harbor, work not enough fuel to go anywhere?

It’s not going to be an everyday story but it will keep popping up for a long time. At least 6-8 months. 
 
The last piece will be when Skaggs family either decides not to sue, or when that suit is settled. 

Trade: P Jose Suarez, P Luis Madero, P Jaime Barria, prospects Trent Deveaux, Kevin Maitan, and Jahmai Jones to the Giants for C Buster Posey.
Sign: Jake Odorizzi, Gerrit Cole, Austin Barnes, and Will Smith.
Hire: Joe Maddon

LF Justin Upton
CF Mike Trout
RF Jo Adell, Brian Goodwin
3B David Fletcher, Taylor Ward
SS Andrelton Simmons
2B Tommy La Stella, Luis Rengifo
1B Matt Thaiss
C Buster Posey, Austin Barnes
DH Shohei Ohtani, Albert Pujols

SP Gerrit Cole
SP Shohei Ohtani
SP Jake Odorizzi
SP Andrew Heaney
SP Griffin Canning

RP Ty Buttrey
RP Jose Rodriguez
RP Hansel Robles
RP Dillon Peters
RP Patrick Sandoval
RP Noe Ramirez

CL Will Smith

All in on Maddon!!!

All in on Maddon!!!

You're never alone if you have Jesus in you.

Not a chance. His price tag is $14mil. No way we pay that for barely better production than Goodwin at league minimum. Especially when we need pitching desperately. Even if Arte opens the checkbook, that means another pitcher, it doesn’t mean Kole stays. 

I'll take it.  
Although Canning is going to be better than avg.  

Time for a new GM.

One that knows how to build a team and stops wasting Trouts career. 

Time for a new GM.

Time for a new GM.

start a thread and tell is what he should have done.  

Then find the appropriate thread because posting this in this thread is asinine