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3 hours left until the players are locked out.
Baseballs been heading down a bad path for a while. The only thing that has kept them playing is a weak players union that caved on issuesYeah I think this gets ugly..... really ugly....
But I'm just a casual baseball fan these days so what do I know.
I think some of this over dramatic. Owner are going to play the Covid broke ga,e but these contracts nefore the lockout have been great for MLB players. There will be a middle ground. I think DH is def coming NL and I think more teams in playoffs for owners.
If they are going to water down the playoffs, they need to shorten the regular season. Also enough of the 1 game wild card matchup, that's stupidI think some of this over dramatic. Owner are going to play the Covid broke ga,e but these contracts nefore the lockout have been great for MLB players. There will be a middle ground. I think DH is def coming NL and I think more teams in playoffs for owners.
If they are going to water down the playoffs, they need to shorten the regular season. Also enough of the 1 game wild card matchup, that's stupid
They need a cap. And these decade long guaranteed deals are insane.
Why have draft picks not been tradeable already? I assume baseball will somehow screw that up, like putting restrictions on trading picks. But I agree, that I think the things that should have been fixed long ago are finally going to get addressed in this lockout. But the question is will it be in time to get a season this year? It'll be interesting to see if they do anything with contracts that could affect a player like Correa who didn't sign before the lockout as wellI honestly think this stoppage is gonna be long term good for fans. Obviously one of the central issues is service time but that's both a negative for teams and players as is. Teams aren't going to call up prospects in the current environment until they are ready because fa will kill them later. But then that hurts the teams too often because players like Bryant can help teams.
Another thing likely to be changed is apparently drat pick trading is coming and potentially a international draft of some sort. This is great on a number of levels. Baseball trades in general are more interesting than most other sports but one area that really lacks is draft trades. The ability to trade picks will both make july more interesting for losing teams and will make the draft more interesting because teams that really want a specific guy can go out and get him rather than just hoping he falls. I think it'll be like the NFL draft on steroids because MLB teams can trade both current players and prospects to move up in drafts ideally.
As for a cap... I'm in favor of it if and only if it comes with a salary floor which i think the players want anyways. I feel like if you put a 100-200 mil range for the cap and increase it with inflation that gives enough room for teams to spend big but also for smaller market teams to not get crushed while still having to fork over money.
If picks are allowed to be traded I would I assume it obviously has to be all year, right?Only way you can have draft pick trades would be if there are far fewer rounds. Unless you only allow trades other than at the draft say as part of the TDL or winter meetings. That could work.
I believe the reasoning for them not being traded in the past was that teams were worried about small market teams just selling away their future for money. In the 90s this might have been a realistic belief but obviously in the current environment of baseball draft picks are worth their weight in gold.Why have draft picks not been tradeable already? I assume baseball will somehow screw that up, like putting restrictions on trading picks. But I agree, that I think the things that should have been fixed long ago are finally going to get addressed in this lockout. But the question is will it be in time to get a season this year? It'll be interesting to see if they do anything with contracts that could affect a player like Correa who didn't sign before the lockout as well
I mean I don't think teams would be particularly focused on trading them at any time but say winter meetings, right before the draft and at the trade deadline though I could see them replacing PTBNL in trades.Only way you can have draft pick trades would be if there are far fewer rounds. Unless you only allow trades other than at the draft say as part of the TDL or winter meetings. That could work.