Every year I’m blown away by how enormous baseball contracts are given
out like candy.

Black, White or Latin, players get paid with no hesitation.

Judge is about to receive a 500 million dollar contract…20 years ago
AROD bagged a 252 million dollar contract….football players and BB players
are just starting to see that type of money.

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>Every year I’m blown away by how enormous baseball
>contracts are given
>out like candy.
>
>Black, White or Latin, players get paid with no hesitation.
>
>Judge is about to receive a 500 million dollar contract…20
>years ago
>AROD bagged a 252 million dollar contract….football players
>and BB players
>are just starting to see that type of money.
>
>
>
>
>
>

And it seems like the bro crybaby parade isn’t as strong. But don’t you dare let a RB get 10 million a year!

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who suddenly lose all that free market fervor the second NBA contracts come into the discussion

Suddenly the demand doesn't matter, nor does the requisite high level of skill, limited positions, etc, and all those overpaid prima donnas should give all that money to the teachers and firefighters.

But not the billionaire owners, oh no, they EARNED their money.

It's one of the most glaring examples of obtuse racism I've ever seen.

"that's not fair.. what about the last guy on the bench?"

so you DO support socialism.

room got quiet AF..

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

>"that's not fair.. what about the last guy on the bench?"
>
>so you DO support socialism.
>
>room got quiet AF..

Right. Sadly, I find that those types of people have been fooled into believing that they should ‘decide’ who can be ‘rich’. And of course, given a choice, they don’t want the average pro athlete getting so much money that it lasts generations. They loved it when cats had ‘buying fancy cars but be broke and physically broken down 3 years later’ money. But now a Lebron has ‘production company’ money and he obviously has something resembling ‘real power’ even in the league he plays in and THEY DO NOT LIKE THAT SHIT. But good lucky even having a convo about Brady’s failed attempt at fake retiring, moving to the Fins, and doing whatever the hell after that.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

It has always seemed wild to me. But generations have been told unions are bad, right to work states, good. So, I guess this shouldn't be a surprise.


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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/phillies-in-agreement-with-trea-turner.html

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

to reunite with Bryce. Big get for the Phillies, especially with Harper being out for the start of the season, recovering from surgery.

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/1600206202381574145?t=ZmA1vRCQx3CvsCnfGCj2vg&s=19

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He played some 2B for LA.

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow

Tatis in the outfield.

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Nationals offered Soto a 15 year 440 million dollar contract.

Anyway, based on that offer, if the Yankees want to keep him, they
are going to have offer a contract that’s north of 400 million.

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>Nationals offered Soto a 15 year 440 million dollar
>contract.

Judge is not getting that many years at 31

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

I need to know the yearly amount of the contract. Is it 8, 10?

He isn’t taking anything less than 7-8 …that’s for sure.
Yankees offered an extension for 7 years. He told them to go fuck
themselves.


Judge wants nothing less than Mike Trout money, so we’re talking close to
36-40 mil a year, and he wants a long term contract.

He wants to be locked and secured all the way to the age of 39-40.

360/10= 36 ml per….. so the offer has to about 10 years.

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https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1600231651174645760?t=NgsYYiya_GnTzwfuBV__3Q&s=19

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https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1600480992682119169?t=inq-XBI6jECoINiTM4rEZg&s=09

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That wasn’t that bad for the Yankees, even they could have signed him
for a cheaper price years ago.

I thought the Yankees were going to have go north of 400 million to
keep him, but that what the case.

So I guess Jrod or Soto will be the first 500 milli player

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full free agency status until late 20's/early 30's, latin players aren't usually under the draft system so they get there quicker

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Even Pujols fell off for years before this season where he had a decent season for someone his age. These massive contracts for players in their 30s always seem to be busts.

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>Even Pujols fell off for years before this season where he
>had a decent season for someone his age. These massive
>contracts for players in their 30s always seem to be busts.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

They get to market the name and baseball players play forever even
when their production falls off.

It’s just a matter of time before Judge is moved to first base or DH. His body will
not hold up if he continues to play RF, and he doesn’t even throw his body around
like Griffey did.

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He was 32 and signed for 10 years $275 mill.
Yankees fans may not have a lot of love for the guy, and those last couple years were garbage iirc, but they did get a ring out of the deal and he redeemed himself from his previous playoff struggles.

you don't sign someone to 9 years bc you think they'll be good for 9 years. You sign em bc you think they'll be good for 5-6 but another team is willing to give them 8.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

>you don't sign someone to 9 years bc you think they'll be
>good for 9 years. You sign em bc you think they'll be good for
>5-6 but another team is willing to give them 8.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

but that's an absolute best case scenario and exception to the rule. post #31 lays out what most of these contracts are really shooting for.

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Seems like he might sign another short term deal cause he wants to chase a title.
But with a long term contract- you could convert him to a FT pitcher at some point in the 10 years.

And if he had a bigger physical dip he could be a reliever or closer with value while still part time DHing. Oh the possibilities.

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

but as much as we love Yadi…this is an offensive upgrade. Also, it’s cool that Yadi personally recommended Wilson to Mo.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

>but as much as we love Yadi…this is an offensive upgrade.
>Also, it’s cool that Yadi personally recommended Wilson to
>Mo.

yeah but the tradeoff is a significant defensive downgrade

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How sway?

All his numbers declined across the board last season, and
he turns 30 next year!

But the Padres signed him for 11 seasons??

I know they aren’t going to allow Tatis to play shortstop anymore in
order to keep him healthy, but god damn that deal is crazy as Fock.

No way is Xander worth that deal…no way. They would have been better off
calling someone up from their farm system….Their luxury tax payout is going to
be insane due to the enormous contracts they will be carrying into next season….

Ain’t no way they will be able to keep Soto after next season

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missed on Trae and tried to take a run at Judge at the last minute.

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Just goes to show you can win the offseason but that doesn’t mean you will win the WS

That team has been stacked for a few years now they either can’t all get on the same page or they get guys who ended up being past their prime (some earlier than others)

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Obviously, this deal is pretty crazy for a shortstop who just turned 30, and if this was the only player we let go, I’d be fine with it. Can’t be judged in a vacuum though. We’ve been making bad moves for 3 seasons.

The Betts trade was unforgivable. This sucks too. If they don’t lock up Devers long term, I’m not giving this team any money for the next decade. Fuck the owners and fuck Chaim Bloom.

Mookie while they were in their primes. Once they get close to thirty, you dump
them and let someone else pay a high price for their twilight years…

Mookie will never hit those highs again and neither will Xander.

Sox had one of the highest payrolls for years…..You can’t be mad at them for saving
money and rebuilding.

But low sell high. Astros won the chip and look at their payroll.

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>
You can’t
>be mad at them for saving
>money and rebuilding.

This is not a team that needs to save money. They have their own TV network. They sell out nearly every game while charging whatever they feel like.

And Mookie absolutely should have been locked up long-term. He was only 27 when we traded him lol. You simply don’t let a talent like that leave.

>
>But low sell high. Astros won the chip and look at their
>payroll.

I mean sure. But who tf are we buying in return? If you let people go, you have to replace the production. We overpaid to fix our bullpen. That’s the only thing we did all off-season.

basement prices.

The Red Sox will be just fine, and other stars will rise out of the organization.

Y’all just won the WS in 2018.

Plus the Sox offered him like what 160 for 6 years if I’m
not mistaken. He isn’t worth more than that.

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>basement prices.

We are not the Marlins! We do not have to save pennies in hopes to compete every once in a while. We’ve had awful contracts like Carl Crawford and Pablo Sandoval that would have killed another franchise, and we laughed about them after the fact on our way to the World Series.

>
>The Red Sox will be just fine, and other stars will rise out
>of the organization.
>
>Y’all just won the WS in 2018.

And Chaim Bloom, who took the GM role in 2020, has been making terrible moves that make it increasingly unlikely that we will get back there. We lucked into the ALCS in 2021 in spite of those moves. I don’t see that happening again. Especially not in the AL East.

>
>Plus the Sox offered him like what 160 for 6 years if I’m
>not mistaken. He isn’t worth more than that.

I already said he’s not worth the money/years that he got. Like I said, if this was the one Sox player we missed out on re-signing, I absolutely wouldn’t care. This comes after a series of moves that are head-scratchers. Again, all they did this off-season was overpay to fix the bullpen. Great strategy!

>All his numbers declined across the board last season, and
> he turns 30 next year!
>
>But the Padres signed him for 11 seasons??

but yeah I understand the sentiment. However, post #31 and #38 pretty much sum up this move.

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SOs up, walks down.

He is regressing.

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You mad.

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that's a lot of years but a really manageable AAV. Hopefully, he can give us the next 4 years at a high obp and solid cf play.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

I like the 1-4 in our rotation a bit better now (as decently as Bassitt pitched in September). If Jake ends up giving the Rangers 200+ IP I'll be stunned, and I like Quintana/Senga better than Bassitt/Walker.

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agreed on the rotation

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and healthy in October.

I don't see him doing anything in the 150 innings range.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1602889002066944005?s=20&t=V4wpsMs9-wEUoQdVVdvhxw

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God Damn!

That’s 27 mil per for 13 years!!!

All guaranteed!

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http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

until age 40 and beyond there aren’t any position players out there getting they’re Brady or even Lebron on is it?

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

He is only 28. Now that’s a good deal. If anyone should have gotten
a 300 million dollar contract for double digit years, it should have been him.

Dansby numbers are on the rise…this makes that Xander’s deal look crazy as hell
by the Padres, when they could have gotten a better SS, who’s younger, for a lot
less.

How did the Cubs pull this off?

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It makes sense now.

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Like I said, in a vacuum, not signing 30-year old Xander to an 11 year deal makes sense, but when you’ve already traded a 27-year old MVP and you’re not giving a serious offer to your 26-year old star (the only star remaining), then you’re simply not trying to compete. Just tell the guy you’re letting him walk next year. Plus, the assumption all along was that the move to trade Mookie was intended to save money to keep Xander and Raffy… whoops! Guess that was a lie!

Fire Chaim Bloom yesterday. He cannot be the GM of a team that has a bunch of money.

due to issue found during physical.

https://twitter.com/JohnLundRadio/status/1605303951309406209?s=20&t=xb3hTnvDSytgeLzApLXYqQ

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http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1605469261383602176?t=KQc2ixqq-zLECNZmyfCtqw&s=19

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Championship or bust

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

i used to clown all my yankees friends back in the day for the way that team used to spend...

my boy sent me a pic of the mets new infield at 4a and i thought it was his wishful thinking. Went back to sleep and saw it on twitter like 8a

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

>my boy sent me a pic of the mets new infield at 4a and i
>thought it was his wishful thinking. Went back to sleep and
>saw it on twitter like 8a

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

https://ibb.co/QMSt50R

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Nothing about him screams “we gotta lock him in through age 40” and yet, 2 teams have done exactly that lol.

If that isnt at the least a reason to maybe pump the brakes, I dont know what is.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

There will be 3-4 off seasons like this, and then 1 where the owners act as if they’re in poverty and Dallas Kuechel can’t get sign until like August.

The Pirates might run away with the title just by being young, dumb and "broke"

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.