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The 2013-2014 MLB Hot stove Thread
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Meh. Let the teams suffer for their own stupidity if they sign bad contracts. As a lifelong Giants fan, I know this pain all too well!
The problem with this is in how each league is set up. They all share the pie in the NFL. 16 games - national TV deals is a lot easier to manage than 162 games and individual market cable deals. The only way I would be in favor of anything like that is if they got rid of 4 or 5 teams. There are a number of teams who have been taking luxury tax money for years and haven't used it to put a better product on the field.
And a salary cap isn't the only solution. And ask about half of the teams in the NBA how the salary cap is helping them out.
The MLB may do better to have some sort of cap on years - these 10 year contracts are ridiculous, but as long as teams are willing to give them out, players will still demand them.
Because it's a broken system. The luxury tax system is just terrible. How do you take money from some teams and give them to other teams but then not require them to spend it on players?
Look at the NHL. They have a hard salary cap that's set every year depending on how much HRR there is. The formula they use also sets a salary floor, the minimum each team has to spend on the cap to ice their team.
So their salary cap isn't just for the high end, but for the low end too. This year in the NHL, the salary floor is $44 million and the cap is $64.3 million, so teams must spend in that range for their team.
They should do this too. They don't have to pick one or the other. The NHL's new CBA capped extensions at 8 years and new free agent deals at 7 years.
How about good pitching.
Will Pineda ever pitch? And I may be in the minority, but I hate the Kuroda deal.
Our offense is obviously improved, and I like our pen. This may be one of those get through 5 innings, score 10 runs, and hope the pen can hold on seasons.
Gardner in left, ellsbury in center, Beltran in right? Soriano DH.
Need a few infielders and like 3 starting pitchers.
Jeter won't play SS all season, and they would want to give Tex and McMann a rest some days.Gardner in left, ellsbury in center, Beltran in right? Soriano DH.
Need a few infielders and like 3 starting pitchers.
And does Ichiro become a bench player?
I can see Tex, McCann, Beltran, and Jeter rotating through DH - and McCann can probably play some first if they need to rest him. Johnson will help with some depth, and there's still Eduardo Nunez to play some infield as well. God knows what's going to happen with A-Rod.
Still a lot of holes. I'm still most worried about the pitching, though.
Is Ichiro under contract? I've totally forgotten about him.
And don't forget about Vernon Wells. I think he will be the odd man out. At least Ichiro still plays acceptable defense. Wells has nothing going for him.
If true, wow Cano has an ARod sized ego. Didn't want to play for Girardi because Joe batted him second due to the weakness in the Yankees lineup this year. Way to be a team player there Cano
. Again if this report is true
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http://nypost.com/2013/12/06/robinson-cano-agrees-to-240m-deal-with-mariners-report/
http://nypost.com/2013/12/06/robinson-cano-agrees-to-240m-deal-with-mariners-report/
I'd rather have a soft cap with a luxury tax that targets the top 10 salary teams.
That's too bad. I would've love to see him get his ring before he retired... but one of his best buddies helped rob him of his best opportunity in 2011.
He looked broken last year. Too many back injuries.
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No soft caps. There isn't enough money to keep the Yankees from breaking the cap. That's coming from a fan of a (traditionally) spending team (White Sox).
You're on the list Granderson.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...curtis-true-nyers-mets-fans-article-1.1543419
*******, lets see you say that in August when Citi Field is a ghost town.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...curtis-true-nyers-mets-fans-article-1.1543419
They always say New Yorkers are one of the most resilient people around . Mets fans have to be very resilient due to how much the Mets suck.
Masahiro Tanaka, SF Giant?
If we get this guy, who may be out of our price range, he could replace Barry Zito who went 16 in a row in 2012-2013 along with WS Game 1 win to tie MLB starting pitcher record. The guy he tied went 24 but some of those were as relief pitcher and not as a starter and he got at most 16 as a starter, too.
During the same time in 2013, Tanaka went 24-0 in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acu_tWYNNpA
If Bumgarner holds up and pitches well like last year, and Vogelsong gets fully healthy, and Cain and Lincecum get into original form of what they are capable of, then the addition of Tanaka would make us the most dangerous 5 man rotation in baseball for the 2014 year and similar to late 2000s Phillies. Assuming we don't have major injuries to our hitters like in 2013, then we will be headed to playoffs. I am usually not that sure with Giants, Niners, Raiders, Sharks, or Warriors, but Tanaka would be our gemstone.
If we get this guy, who may be out of our price range, he could replace Barry Zito who went 16 in a row in 2012-2013 along with WS Game 1 win to tie MLB starting pitcher record. The guy he tied went 24 but some of those were as relief pitcher and not as a starter and he got at most 16 as a starter, too.
During the same time in 2013, Tanaka went 24-0 in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acu_tWYNNpA
If Bumgarner holds up and pitches well like last year, and Vogelsong gets fully healthy, and Cain and Lincecum get into original form of what they are capable of, then the addition of Tanaka would make us the most dangerous 5 man rotation in baseball for the 2014 year and similar to late 2000s Phillies. Assuming we don't have major injuries to our hitters like in 2013, then we will be headed to playoffs. I am usually not that sure with Giants, Niners, Raiders, Sharks, or Warriors, but Tanaka would be our gemstone.
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I have seen nothing at all linking Tanaka with the Giants, and you do neglect the fact that the Giants signed Tim Hudson this offseason. I assume Yusmeiro Petit will be back as well, competing with Vogelsong for that #5 spot.
The Michael Morse signing is a nice calculated risk. Can't expect him to post a .910 OPS like he did in 2011, but getting some pop out of left field will be welcomed.
The Michael Morse signing is a nice calculated risk. Can't expect him to post a .910 OPS like he did in 2011, but getting some pop out of left field will be welcomed.