Not to mention - with the draft lottery, there is no real benefit to tanking like the Astros did to get high draft picks.
That is so frustrating. Lottery has been rough on my Royals too (although I loved our 2024 pick we ended up with).
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The owners would love a salary cap, but everything I hear is the players would never agree to it. If that is the case then how did the NFL and NBA ever get a salary cap? Why did those players agree to it? Or did they have a choice? Baseball is probably due for a long lockout in a couple years and I fear it is going to be bad for everyone involved.
The players union refuses to even bring up the idea of a salary cap, because they currently benefit from the current framework. The league needs to share media rights, and have both a salary cap and salary floor, but they are still stuck in the past over the issue. Too many teams that are making the large bucks do not want to give up that advantage to the Royals and Pirates of the league.
The NFL basically destroyed the football players union during the last strike when they put on games anyway, and some of the better players crossed the picket line and played. From that point, the NFL had all the power. Every time there has been a lock out or strike in baseball, the game is hurt by its lack of being on TV. Lots more to do in the summer than the fall and winter, and since baseball teams play 6 or 7 times a week, instead of just once a week, it makes it easier to just find something else to do. Most fans do not begrudge football players for what they earn, because they tend to have a short career, take a physical beating and the money is not guaranteed. In baseball players can play for 15 to 20 years and have fully guaranteed contracts.
Wow I had no idea he’s that oldReports: Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton in N.Y. for medical eval
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has left spring training and returned to New York for medical tests, according to multiple reports. The 35-year-old continues to battle tendinitis in both elbows, but no word on the exact nature of the tests.www.espn.com
NFL says the game must be sold out, it's not hard to sell out 8/9 games a season compared to 81 home games. We always have lived in the Cardinals home area and got the games, but its still thinking people are going to drive down 5 hours to a game on a Tuesday night to watch a ball game. Shrink the black to within 50 miles or so of the metro area and that would solve baseballs problem with black outs.
It's a year to year agreement, but they also have anti-siphoning rule, so if the game is on local tv, that broadcast is used. Why are you fighting about it, MLB dropping their black out rule would be great, they do not agree with that idea. Take it up with them.
The poor Yankees. Can’t they just buy another $30M player. I feel so bad for you.
