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I’ve been debating getting a Baseball America subscription. Anyone with one on here? Is it worth it?
I’ve been debating getting a Baseball America subscription. Anyone with one on here? Is it worth it?
My chub goes down when i realize we're just a great farm team for one of the bigger markets
Lol, yeah. Then the prime of their career (27-whatever) comes along playing for the Yankees. Or, there's always the buisness side of trading the big names before their contract is up. (CC is a HoF, most likely wearing a Yankee cap)It's too bad we only get to have these guys in our organization for 10-12 years
Do I wish the financial landscape of baseball was more equal, like the NFL? Of course.Lol, yeah. Then the prime of their career (27-whatever) comes along playing for the Yankees. Or, there's always the buisness side of trading the big names before their contract is up. (CC is a HoF, most likely wearing a Yankee cap)
Lol, yeah. Then the prime of their career (27-whatever) comes along playing for the Yankees. Or, there's always the buisness side of trading the big names before their contract is up. (CC is a HoF, most likely wearing a Yankee cap)
Do I wish the financial landscape of baseball was more equal, like the NFL? Of course.
Do I denigrate ownership or the organization because of this? Absolutely not.
No, no, no... the joke was we are a great farm club for the bigger fish.Do I wish the financial landscape of baseball was more equal, like the NFL? Of course.
Do I denigrate ownership or the organization because of this? Absolutely not.
If you're upset that when our contention window was closing over a decade ago, we traded away starting pitchers we couldn't possibly hope to re-sign, then boy do I have good news for you. We've solved that problem by becoming the best organization in baseball with regards to a steady stream of really good starting pitchers coming up from every level of the organization!
So... in your hypothetical, rather than just having a hard cap, the MLB is adopting NFL contracts as well? Like, in your scenario, I can only imagine you're saying these things because teams only have 4 years of control instead of 6?If this was the NFL, the Indians would have already lost Lindor, guys like Santana and Brantley would have been long gone, and the Indians probably would have lost 2 of their pitchers by now too, due to salary cap restraints.
Lol, yeah. Then the prime of their career (27-whatever) comes along playing for the Yankees. Or, there's always the buisness side of trading the big names before their contract is up. (CC is a HoF, most likely wearing a Yankee cap)
Go on....
Huge, huge emphasis on Latin America being made by them right now.
Playing field evened out with the signing rules a few years ago, but the Indians just took it one step further by opening the nicest facility in the Dominican Republic. It will help get some of the bigger named guys in their doors at a younger age moving forward.
It's a play that will show itself in maybe 2 or 3 years, but don't be surprised when they start landing top 5-10 International prospects in the near future, which is something they've never really done.
Could it be the homer in me, sure. But I think we are entering maybe the most fruitful stretch of minor league talent acquisition that the Indians have ever seen.