"not worthy of its own thread" offseason thread

[Jocephus]

Top prospect Ronald Acuna rejects Braves' $30 million contract offer

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2293 ... nta-braves

[MrCrowesGarden]

He should stop talking.

[Popeye_Card]

He should stop talking.

I don't see the discrepancy. He quite clearly says "all of baseball". That includes MiLB, the Japanese League, the Cuban League, NCAA, American Legion, Pop Warner, etc.

I'd go so far as to suggest that the Cardinals are perpetually in the top 1% of baseball payrolls across the universe.

[cardinalkarp]

So he's bad w/ math, what's the big deal.

[salukifan2]

He should stop talking.

Seems like they take being close, or last in, to the upper third very seriously.

[sighyoung]

He should stop talking.

Seems like they take being close, or last in, to the upper third very seriously.

There's some shrewd calculating about other teams' mid-season salary dumping, too.

[MrCrowesGarden]

[pioneer98]

Trevor Bauer Is Donating $420.69 Every Day For 69 Days, And Then $69,420.69 On The Final Day

[Hoot45]

Looks like they removed quite a few seats, though from experience the sightlines there weren't great, as the view of the right field corner was obstructed:

From the time the gates open until the scheduled time of the first pitch, the Terrace bar will sell draft beer — which ordinarily costs $9.50 — for just $5.

[Jocephus]

Marlins Man says he'll no longer attend team's home games

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2294 ... mi-marlins