Did y'all see this?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/s...gtype=Homepage
Did y'all see this?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/s...gtype=Homepage
I didn't because it says I have to log in to view it
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Here is a link to ESPN article about this:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ation-40-teams
Overall it's a good thing if the do what their ultimate goal is.
jpx7 (10-20-2019)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...-league-teams/
MLB teams have enough money to buy and fund thier milb organizations. Some of the changes sound stupid
Lots of interesting proposals. Has an international draft been included in the discussions? I see that more teams are having multiple entries in the Dominican Summer League (and a few are having multiple entries in the GCL and AZL). That kind of stockpiling should be discouraged. Sounds like the stateside rookie leagues (Appalachian and Pioneer) may go the way of the dinosaur.
Last edited by 50PoundHead; 10-19-2019 at 03:57 PM.
Signing bonuses on the decline
More independent leagues??
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;......
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
High Flight
by
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
So cut 42 teams (out of 160), and give the players left roughly a 50% raise. Which would only be something like an increase of something like 10% to what team's spend. And of course, they'll push the 50% number for the positive PR.
DirkPiggler (10-21-2019)
As I have read, it appears that the Braves will loose their Low A team as they do not own that team. Also, cuts in the GCL would probably cost them a team. Rookie League seems doomed.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;......
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
High Flight
by
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Something I had missed until today: the plan to eliminate a quarter of minor league teams was a Jeff Luhnow proposal.
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