The Official 2024-25 MLB Hot Stove Thread

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[Remote]

But a floor would

I posted a video addressing why this will never happen

 

[god shamgod]

ishbia brother isn’t gonna buy the twins

Instead will buy more ownership with white sox potentially transitioning to buy them

 

[Da_Eggman]

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Miami has had a baseball franchise for 30 years and it has never gotten the support you would expect for such a large market.

Neither has Tampa.

Obviously people are making money, otherwise owners of the Marlins and Rays would have threatened to move out of State by now. It is a business, after all.

You put a salary cap in this game, it won't make these teams spend more. They'll just pocket more money.

And sure, every once in a while some above average star will find themselves on one of these teams and it'll make them marginally more competitive. But the result will be a restriction in player earnings.

It's very simple.

Owners will never agree to a salary floor because nobody will accept being told they have to spend money. And players will never agree to a salary cap because it kills what their true market value is.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

edit: What's this about challenging calls? Pete just challenged a call third strike and won

Pete went from being called out on strikes to drawing a walk

 

[AnonymityX1000]

edit: What's this about challenging calls? Pete just challenged a call third strike and won

Pete went from being called out on strikes to drawing a walk

Testing it out on ST.
Soto going deep 1st AB was great.

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

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[WhatsGoodTy]

Calling it now someone gonna get a strike turned into a ball then next pitch homerun.

 

[Regular_P]

Miami has had a baseball franchise for 30 years and it has never gotten the support you would expect for such a large market.

Neither has Tampa.

Obviously people are making money, otherwise owners of the Marlins and Rays would have threatened to move out of State by now. It is a business, after all.

You put a salary cap in this game, it won't make these teams spend more. They'll just pocket more money.

And sure, every once in a while some above average star will find themselves on one of these teams and it'll make them marginally more competitive. But the result will be a restriction in player earnings.

It's very simple.

Owners will never agree to a salary floor because nobody will accept being told they have to spend money. And players will never agree to a salary cap because it kills what their true market value is.

Why would the Marlins get support when since their inception, they've always sold off any talent they have? That's after pocketing tax payer funds to build a stadium too.

Tampa plays in an absolute dump and also sells off their players.

If these markets aren't tenable, relocate the franchises. If nobody wants to relocate, maybe they need to contract some teams.

A cap comes with a floor, just like every other league. You know this but like to act obtuse as a Yankees fan.

MLB and NBA bring in roughly the same amount of revenue yet the average payroll in the NBA is $180 million while MLB is $158 million. Are NBA players bytching about what they're being paid in the NBA with their cap and floor?

 

[ineedsleep212]

 

[Remote]

Why would the Marlins get support when since their inception, they've always sold off any talent they have? That's after pocketing tax payer funds to build a stadium too.

Tampa plays in an absolute dump and also sells off their players.

If these markets aren't tenable, relocate the franchises. If nobody wants to relocate, maybe they need to contract some teams.

A cap comes with a floor, just like every other league. You know this but like to act obtuse as a Yankees fan.

MLB and NBA bring in roughly the same amount of revenue yet the average payroll in the NBA is $180 million while MLB is $158 million. Are NBA players bytching about what they're being paid in the NBA with their cap and floor?

If you removed the cap from the NBA, you'd see salaries increase.

 

[Remote]

More bat flips please.

Maybe casuals will tune in and Manfred won't be getting shyt on from owners and writers and fans.

 

[Remote]

By the way,

More teams have won a world series in this century than have won the championship in the NBA.

 

[Regular_P]

If you removed the cap from the NBA, you'd see salaries increase.

Laughable.

Isaiah Hartenstein makes more per year than Freddie Freeman; Khris Middleton makes more than Mookie Betts; Immanuel Quickley makes more than Manny Machado; Bradley Beal makes more than Aaron Judge.

Who do you think makes more this season: Paul George or Gerrit Cole?