CycloneErik
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That's the deal. It's not a bumper crop of free agents this year, and next year is insane.
MLB Strike?
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That's the deal. It's not a bumper crop of free agents this year, and next year is insane.
You better make hay while you get the chance. As a Royals fan, I thought that was a horrible contract you gave Cain. Way too many years and $$$.
I would tend to agree with you that 32 is too old to give a 5 year contract, but I honestly believe that Lo Cain is one of the rare ones that can produce into his mid 30’s. He still looks/plays like he’s in his mid 20’s and his WS experiences with the Royals could be valuable leadership for the young Brewers team. Big market teams don’t understand the rarity this off season brings to small market teams. When the pieces look right you gotta go and go all in. It’s make it or break it and if it works out it will feel even better knowing the chances took.
Not to mention another steroid era to get the fans back in the park afterwards.
Yeah, but they have 10 times the amount of home games and 162 game TV deals. They are flush with cash.
Minor League baseball contracts are peanuts compared to even MLB minimum salaries. Salaries range from $1100/mo in short-season A to $2500/mo in AAA. They also only get paid during the season and do not get paid for Spring Training. Lucky if they make $12k/yr... They would make more by being called up for 3-4 games at pro-rated part of the $535k min salary.
Local TV contracts with RSN's are where the new revenue stream is at. That is why the Cubs are angling to start their own network after the 2019 season so they don't have to split the money with the Bulls, Hawks, and White Sox. It will be interesting to see if the cable / satellite TV providers in Chicago-land will be willing to push the Regional Sports Fee to north of $10/mo to carry 2 RSN's. Dodgers made that bet and they are struggling to get carriage in LA. Comcast is the one holding the bag on that contract though.
Yup. Let's see if the spending argument still holds water next year with the big money guys.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22300069/agent-says-fight-brewing-slow-mlb-free-agent-market
Talk of a spring training strike. Feels manufactured by agents needing their cut. But I feel like fans will side with owners. I’m tired of $12 beers and $6 hotdogs after buying a $50-$100 to Wrigley. The growth of player contracts isn’t sustainable. Enough is enough.
Talk of a spring training strike. Feels manufactured by agents needing their cut. But I feel like fans will side with owners. I’m tired of $12 beers and $6 hotdogs after buying a $50-$100 to Wrigley. The growth of player contracts isn’t sustainable. Enough is enough.
MLB strike? Go ahead, who cares. Same goes for NBA, NHL, and NFL too.
As long as college sports are still around, I'm good.
As long as college sports are still around, I'm good.
Agent Brodie Van Wagenen of Creative Artists Agency stopped short of using the word "collusion" but said the behavior of owners "feels coordinated, rightly or wrongly."
"There is a rising tide among players for radical change," Van Wagenen said in a Twitter post Friday. "A fight is brewing. And it may begin with one, maybe two, and perhaps 1,200 willing to follow. A boycott of spring training may be a starting point, if behavior doesn't change.
"Bottom line, the players are upset. No, they are outraged. Players in the midst of long-term contracts are as frustrated as those still seeking employment. Their voices are getting louder and they are uniting in a way not seen since 1994."
So, the unsigned FAs are going to boycott spring training. OK.
Also, no players care about this except this years FA crop. And you want to know who especially doesn’t care... almost every other player who has a chance to gain exposure or playing time in their absense.
"There is a rising tide among players for radical change," Van Wagenen said in a Twitter post Friday. "A fight is brewing. And it may begin with one, maybe two, and perhaps 1,200 willing to follow. A boycott of spring training may be a starting point, if behavior doesn't change.
"Bottom line, the players are upset. No, they are outraged. Players in the midst of long-term contracts are as frustrated as those still seeking employment. Their voices are getting louder and they are uniting in a way not seen since 1994."
So, the unsigned FAs are going to boycott spring training. OK.
Also, no players care about this except this years FA crop. And you want to know who especially doesn’t care... almost every other player who has a chance to gain exposure or playing time in their absense.
Agents gonna agent. If they cannot get their cut they want to burn it all down. I'll get excited when some respected players come out and talk some of this talk. But agents, nope, not so much.
Maybe some of these ******* agents should be advising their clients to take less over shorter periods of time.
Maybe some of these ******* agents should be advising their clients to take less over shorter periods of time.
Even the price of Spring Training has spiked. I've gone for almost all of the past decade. Prices have grown tremendously.
Still the best part of baseball season, but you have to open the wallet a little wider.
These players aren't going to say anything next year when the big names hit the FA market and huge contracts are signed.
Meh, go ahead and strike, guys. See how it works out for you. Salaries were definitely on the rise during the last strike but the contracts nowadays are insane in comparison. Go ahead and see how the public reacts to a bunch of crybabies whining about not getting $150+ million contract offers to play a game - which in turn are pricing the regular Joes out of being able to take their families of 4 to enjoy more than one game a year.
I love baseball and love watching the Cubs, but when you sit down and really think about how much these contracts are paying guys, especially players who are already way past their prime, it can make you feel sick to your stomach.
I love baseball and love watching the Cubs, but when you sit down and really think about how much these contracts are paying guys, especially players who are already way past their prime, it can make you feel sick to your stomach.
Boo that. Haven't been to spring training games in like 30 years and was thinking for buzzing down in March. Guess I need to bring lots-o-cash, eh?
The players association and agents seem petty in this one. First of all the FA players are not worth what they are asking. They need to realize that and sign the best offer on the table. Also, if the owners take less of a cut it should not go to players payroll. It should go back to the fans that make it possible for these grown men to get paid what they do to play a kid’s game. I love sports, but this is the exact reason I connect better with college sports. I will not feel sorry while fans have to pay as much as we do for tickets, tv subscriptions, parking, concessions, etc. to watch their team.
Poor players are just trying to feed their families.
Time to bring them back to earth.
Time to bring them back to earth.
