Recruiting Football Talk VII

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The Braves really need to go after Dylan Cease....

Looks like Dodgers potential next move is trading for Corbin Burnes and Willie Adames....win, win imo...
 
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peaygolf said:
New Year’s Eve of 1974, that baseball changed forever. That was the day that Jim "Catfish" Hunter left the Oakland A’s after an arbitrator named Peter Seitz ruled that the A’s had violated Hunter’s contract by not paying him money he was owed.

In that moment, Hunter -- one of the great pitchers of his time -- became baseball’s first free agent. Ring out the old. Ring in the new.
Hunter signed with the Yankees on a five-year, $3.25 million contract.


In todays money.........his contact would equal.........5 years, $20 million..............or 10 years $40 million.

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As an 8 year old Oakland A's fan, that made little sense to me and broke my heart. One of the reasons that I hate the Yankers to this very day. As a 58 year old Cubs fan, while it makes sense, I still do not like it very much.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
This is why pro baseball sucks. Meanwhile small market teams sitting in a field in Mexico City scouting a winter league team.
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that’s not true….. you have big money teams that are poorly run such as the Yankees and small market teams that are really well run like the Rays. There are too many small market teams that don’t know how to operate at all. Teams should follow the Astros way to build their team. The Dodgers are always solid bc they are a mixture of money and excellent scouting/development.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
This is why pro baseball sucks. Meanwhile small market teams sitting in a field in Mexico City scouting a winter league team.
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Braves had a payroll over $200 million last season, they can afford to pay a player....

Payroll of $300 million is light these days...

Admit it AA is cheap....
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Cheap...?
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Google the term. You used to be owned by a dude who ran parking lots. Your new moneybags owners are now throwing a billion at one player. You don’t have to lose your sense of realistic cognizance to not be CHEAP. First sentence you acknowledged our payroll, then you huffed your new brand of nitrous oxide and blurted out “cheap”. 🤪
 
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butchna said:
Google the term. You used to be owned by a dude who ran parking lots. Your new moneybags owners are now throwing a billion at one player. You don’t have to lose your sense of realistic cognizance to not be CHEAP. First sentence you acknowledged our payroll, then you huffed your new brand of nitrous oxide and blurted out “cheap”. 🤪
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Lol touche....
 
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