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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.

an international game is not a reward

While the players might have a single concept, make money. I would hardly classify it as a unified goal. Heck they had a mutiny last year because they couldnt get on the same page abotu who should be the focus of money-making growth. Young players? vets? top teir free agents? Middle tier?. There is also questions on if they can agree on what they want/prioritize when talking to owners as well.

They wont for elite players. Cause you are putting yourself at a real risk. 10 years 300 million is 300 million no matter what. If he takes four, gets hurt he will never come close to that 300 in total.

But that's a huge difference. Your just pushing it off like nothing. Look at our rotation at the end of last year. Skubal and crap. The crap could hardly be counted on where as Skubal started the key games, saved the bullpen and gave the team a morale boost. A player at half the WAR isn't gonna do that. These aren't robot and just saying oh well its 30 fewer runs NBD is downplaying not only the human element of the game, but a good pitchers actual value.

Wouldn't that be worked out after a year? Year 0: Mix of Juniors and Seniors Year 1: Seniors and only handful of juniors Year 2: Seniors which includes all those juniors who would have gone but stayed in Year 1. Then just that cycle from now on instead of the Year 0 cycle. So the argument makes sense last year, this year it shouldn't matter as that nil gapped was filled now. Ill use the Sabastrian Castro example. He was draft eligible last year and projected day 2 pick. But he came back for NIL money. HE then goes undrafted. Did he get worse? Probably not. He just wasn't that good to begin with. But that was masked and he was drafted after his junior year and then he washed out. Now he just washes out. Not sure washing out and being a higher pick means deeper talent pool.

Laporta wont get near kittle money. Good player but not near that level. And they wont trade an oline dude. There'd be a cap hit with that and you aren't getting jack for an old lineman. Maybe a 7th rounder if your lucky. Just easier to let them walk/retire

way too many variables to do pick by pick. But in aggregate its been done 100 times over

George died and the yankees stopped paying the tax

So excited to be at the Yankees in early April. Makes going so easy and fun to sit in the cold and get heckled

Wait attendance isn't important?! It hugely important, ticket sales and concession are the main revenue drive. For example, the Braves made $100 million from tehir RSN last year. Their total revenue was $663 milliion

Ok. It is still a completly ridiculous proposal then. Lets use a first round pick to save $5 million in four years

ummm what cap space savings? LaPorta is on a rookie deal and has a $2.5 million hit this year, and $3million next year. Pick 29's cap hit is larger than that. It would actually costs us more to have Loveland

Doubt it. Only cause spring training trades are crazy rare and anyone who is moved sucks and if you get anything out of them its just a fluke (nyjer morgan anyone). Teams spend all offseason prepping their teams and getting the guys they like/want/afford in place. Unlikely teams are gonna make a change at at the 1130th hour for some other team cast off. Plus nobody is gonna give up much knowing guy X isn't good enough for your team. Especially not an unproven guy like Tork. Why would any team say give up a decent pitching prospect for a guy who already has his clock going that has major league struggles and the Tigers replaced? So your just getting crap back. Be better just to keep him.

totally fair

Rogers nears deal with the Steelers

rather have him in toledo on starter's schedule then on a bullpen schedule

They still dont

Ok and which player are the cubs gonna cut to keep him, one of the free agents they signed this offseason or their top prospect?

But when he came up didn't they modify it so it was more sinker and less that splitter he had in college?

Workman was taken in the rule 5 by cubs from us. IF he doesn't make the cubs roster he is returned. That is what Edman was referencing. Not the DFA situation

Luis Gonzalez was signed 2 weeks before he was let go