"not worthy of its own thread" offseason thread

[Farewell Friends]

I guess I'm not surprised. I never saw him having much trade value besides being a throw-in and with his ability to play all three positions in a pinch, he still has good value to the Cardinals. He's a good fourth outfielder to have around.

[Radbird]

[JL21]

Sleeper Agent Dave Cameron strikes again

The Rand Corporation, in conjunction with Dave Cameron and the saucer people... under the supervision of the reverse vampires... are making owners make wiser free agent decisions!!!

[Farewell Friends]

Alexa ranks Fangraphs.com around 2,300 in US traffic. We have to consider that their pro-ownership agenda is influencing fans to be content with teams not giving JD Martinez $200 million.

[Swirls]

COLLUSION!

[JL21]

Don't even get me started on how Eno Sarris singlehandedly started the craft beer revolution.

And Cistulli? You don't want to know what that dude is in to.

Oh [expletive], I've said too much...

[Popeye_Card]

I don't think the owners are "evil", particularly, but every single one of them is more interested in making a profit than they are about baseball.

I think most baseball players care more about making money too, than they care about baseball. Otherwise they would just go to the team they would most like to play for, and sign for the MLB minimum, right?

I think you are misguided about the motives of most baseball owners. Yes, they want to turn a profit or at least not a loss on their investment--we are talking about millions of dollars here. But these men are already wealthy. There are much better avenues out there for them to make more money than baseball. So I do feel like most of them have a significant interest in the game itself (and in winning) that has led them to purchase a MLB franchise. The DeWitt's specifically are deeply entrenched in baseball. Read up on Bill DeWitt I, or II. They love the game. But they aren't going to lose money on owning a franchise. Even Steinbrenner and all of his crazy actions to win--he was still very interested in making money with the Yankees.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I’ll still root for the players to get every dollar they can out of ownership.

[Popeye_Card]

I’ll still root for the players to get every dollar they can out of ownership.

Why?

I can buy into an argument where younger players should be paid more. I think it is bad for the system that it takes advantage of the youngest, typically most productive players where their salary is more or less capped, while declining veterans make the most money. Raise the MLB minimum and re-vamp how raises and arbitration works in the early years--I'm all for that.

I don't really care that a veteran seeks a few more million to ride into the sunset. They end up clogging up MLB rosters where younger, better players could replace them. Whether they as a millionaire make a few more million vs. a millionaire owner making a few more million--doesn't matter to me.

In an ideal world, they'd charge us fans less to attend the game and buy beers, but that'll never happen. How they split up the profits doesn't matter much to me.

[lukethedrifter]

In an ideal world, they'd charge us fans less to attend the game and buy beers, but that'll never happen. How they split up the profits doesn't matter much to me.

Paying less would be nice but it begins and ends with sports franchises holding near bankrupt cities hostage for me.