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tb.25

2:41

would a batter equivalent to mound visit limits be limiting the step outs per at bat? 2 times they can leave the box, for example.

Meg Rowley

2:41

If they actually enforced the batter's box rules, it would save a lottttt of time. Why are you messing with your batting gloves AGAIN, Robinson Cano? They're fine!

Craig Edwards

2:42

that would do a lot more for pace than mound visits.

Brian Anderson

2:42

Why not? I don't think a .280./.345/.485 is that far out of the question. With average defense/baserunning, that's an all star some years with variance...

Craig Edwards

2:42

I'm just going with the odds. Making the All-Star game is hard.

Roger

2:43

Is it just me or does the Save America's Pasttime Act seem needlessly petty? If MLB raised pay across the board on assumption that minor leaguers are averaging 80 hours a week, it'd cost a team ~$1.2M a year to be in minimum wage compliance. MLB wages as a share of revenue have dropped by much more than that.

Craig Edwards

2:44

Owners aren't giving anyone money unless they have to, and even if they have to, they will try to find a way around it, like with the new law as opposed to having lawsuits filed. If you want the owners to do more, they have to be forced to by law, through the courts, or through labor negotiations.

Meg Rowley

2:45

All of which is to say minor leaguers would benefit greatly from a union.

Erik

2:46

Is there not some rule saying you can't do what the Astros are doing with Gurriel? Seems like a pretty blatant way to cheat the system.

Craig Edwards

2:47

I'm not sure it is a situation that happens often enough to matter. He still gets his pay docked. I mean, players can play in the minors when they are on MLB PED suspensions.

Alec Asher Wojciechowski

2:47

Re rule 5 dl time: A player doesn't get offered back after being on the DL too long, it just extends into the next year until 90 days is reached. Santander of the orioles still has to be on the roster for a bit, and Winkler of the Braves does too, and he's been hurt so long hes in arbitration!

Craig Edwards

2:47

thanks!

Al Gone Quinn

2:48

Does Pedersen build on his success (fluky?) from last season's playoffs?

Craig Edwards

2:48

maybe. He wasn't actually bad last season. His strikeouts were way down. He could be in for a solid season.

Erik

2:49

Has there been research done on whether or not an eight-man bullpen is actually useful? I don't really remember ever thinking, "Man, we would have won today if we just had one more reliever," since if you're running through that many guys, you probably gave up too many runs to win the game. How would one actually go about researching that?

Craig Edwards

2:50

That's a very good question. If you have 8 good relievers and use them all regularly, it could work. That's hard to pull off and all the variables make it a difficult study.

Brian Anderson

2:51

Ok, makes sense. But I'm still an average-above average regular?

Craig Edwards

2:51

not yet, Brian.

Judge and Drury

2:52

Is Ohtani starting at DH today a publicity stunt or is this going to be common?

Craig Edwards

2:52

It will be common until/unless he proves he can't do it.

Ham Bone

2:52

The Cubs are almost not beating the Marlins, how much should I panic............in an office setting?

Meg Rowley

2:52

I would advise not panicking because it would be disconcerting to your coworkers and also because it is silly.

Pad Squad

2:52

Harold Reynolds thinks the Padres will peak in 2023, 2024. But, Myers, Margot, Hedges, Renfroe, and maybe even Hosmer will be gone after 2022. So, do you think the Padres will be better with those guys, or once they leave?

Craig Edwards

2:53

I don't even know what's going to happen this year.

2024? That's crazy.

Meg Rowley

2:53

Who knows if there will even be baseball then?

never fail beta male

2:53

What stops MiLB players just walking out, union or no? Even if only non-prospects did it the leagues would flail. I am calling for a MiLB wildcat strike. 30 year old AA relievers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains and a world of Biloxi baseball to gain!

Craig Edwards

2:54

Organization is incredibly difficult. Also, the possibility of being a millionaire.

Sultan

2:54

Will we see more creative ATL-LAD style salary trades during the season? If a team near the tax needs to add during the stretch run, it seems they’d need to shed salary as well.

Meg Rowley

2:54

Wildcat strikes are hard enough to do when you already have a bargaining unit (plus technically illegal in the US).

Craig Edwards

2:55

I'm not sure. The Yankees have flexibility so who does that leave? The Dodgers could offer more in prospects if they really needed to. I'm not sure what the Giants would do.

Sonny

2:56

I would not sell alcohol to Matt Bowman without identification

Meg Rowley

2:56

He is a young looking youth, it is true.

Charlie

2:57

Does Syndergaard have a BABIP problem?

Craig Edwards

2:57

I doubt it. He hasn't been blessed with great defenses.

2:57

Why is the leader of the Player's Union someone with zero legal experience?

Meg Rowley

2:59

There is some benefit to having a person who has lived through that weird-ass work place. And they have a lot of lawyers who work for them. But it appears clear that there is need for greater strategic leadership at the top.

Steve

2:59

@Meg Are those Rays Trackman affiliate operators positions paid?

Craig Edwards

2:59

and while some people were sounding alarms, for a while, everybody seemed pretty happy with how things are going.

Meg Rowley

3:00

Have confirmed that the Rays Trackman positions are paid.

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