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I was in the right field ones

That's jsut silly. Everybody and thier mother would do that deal.

Portland - It seems like there is a BGH here and people have romanticized Portland as a baseball town, since baseball does have an appeal to more intellectual folks. But has minor league baseball ever thrived in Portland? Plus, the politics in Portland is a nightmare. Someone isn't up on their current events. The legislature just passed a bill for $800 million in bonds for the stadium

Cause it's a big overpay

Its Bowden, there is a reason he ain't a GM anymore

you are allowed to do it two years in a row

I imagine this draft will likely be pitching heavy.

It's boston they never have a payroll problem and there is about one expensive player available this offseason

In th nba over the last 20 years about 27 percent of lottery players have made an all star team. Where 55 percent of NFL players taken in top 10 have made a pro bowl. Now obviously its not an apple to apples comparison but gives you an idea of the difference. And nobody is saying you cant find talent in the later round, in fact i specifically said in my first post 'of course there are exceptions' so it wasn't just dismissed like you did. But the data is clear in a system designed to spread out talent, a draft, that the NBA does a poor job as a whole of identifying a top tier talent and developing it and its why teams get stuck in that 6-12 range of the draft for years. Where as in somewhere like teh NFL a good draft and the ability to add through FA (something the NBA lacks) can make a turnaround quicker. In my opinion its the biggest problem the NBA has, that teams that are bad remain bad for a lot of years because the league is so bad especially in picks 5-12 of creating stars to make a franchise better and you end up with a bunch of Ivys and Asurs that everybody here would trade for a half-way decent player.

Man I'm gonna laugh hard if Bregman walks. Red Sox persued him, got him for a year and blew up to team

It's the nba's biggest problem. Pick six lands you a back end rotation guy.

no rush to fill that spot just to fill it

Thery arent giving up a top prospect for another left handed hitting corner outfielder

Well at least it's not skubal

Why would a future ticket buyer care what someone did with the seat today? And the number one thing in ticket sales has been and always will be winning. Not promotions, not energy in a stadium not wether it looks open or not. It's all about wining.

Expect they were alreayd bought. Why does the team care if anyone shows up or not. They got the money.

Who is president. Not sure what someone can promote him to. Super president?

This. Yankees have it except for playoffs. It's a zero issue and this article is just someone who isn't up to date.

It is not..and that's from someone who knows who runs it

Remember it takes two to make a deal. He might not want to resign, it might not just be the blue Jay's who dont want him back. Also they were almost for sure get something for him as he'll get a qo in a bad free agent group. So they get that pick which might be better than some non top 100 fringe guys

Tmi?

But that was after 10 years of very good baseball. Compare to the royals lets say who kept their guys and were bad after two.

The owner is worth $7 billion. I think they're affordable for a while

That's not how it works. And the vast majority of prospect end up being not very good big leaguers. To count on them over a an established player send you quicker to the cellar. Its part of the natural cylce, get good, add more experienced guys. Ride the wave, hopefully win something, then get bad and add more. Almost no team in the history of the game has won for an extended stretch with just their own guys.

Fans overrated their own players. Some of this works itself out. A guy like Badooo a 4 a type player? eveyr team has two nobody is going to be rushing to take our version. And rule 5 guys, there is a reason why few hit and most come back, they weren't worth protectnig to start with.