mobaz
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Post by mobaz on Jul 17, 2019 10:53:16 GMT -5
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 17, 2019 10:59:26 GMT -5
I say either absorb them into the normal MLB draft to give it a little more meat or keep the signing bonus cap. I like that everyone has 5 million and have to budget accordingly.
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Post by dirtdog on Jul 17, 2019 14:31:40 GMT -5
Players have had their lunch eaten on the latest collective bargaining agreement re: draft and luxury tax. Lets hope they dont fall for this too. Internationally is the only place they seem to have a clear advantage.
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Post by azblue on Jul 17, 2019 18:52:26 GMT -5
MLB destroyed Puerto Rico as a hotbed of talent by including PR players in the First Year Player Draft. The same thing could happen in Latin America.
Manfred wants to make his mark. He is doing it by throwing up on important elements of the game. He may be remembered as the guy who killed the talent flow from the DR and Venezuela.
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Post by larrycook on Jul 17, 2019 20:22:47 GMT -5
Long over due.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 17, 2019 23:27:34 GMT -5
MLB destroyed Puerto Rico as a hotbed of talent by including PR players in the First Year Player Draft. The same thing could happen in Latin America. Manfred wants to make his mark. He is doing it by throwing up on important elements of the game. He may be remembered as the guy who killed the talent flow from the DR and Venezuela. Did he destroy PR? It still seems like there's a pretty healthy amount of talent coming out of there. |
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Post by kingstephanos on Jul 17, 2019 23:43:26 GMT -5
MLB destroyed Puerto Rico as a hotbed of talent by including PR players in the First Year Player Draft. The same thing could happen in Latin America. Manfred wants to make his mark. He is doing it by throwing up on important elements of the game. He may be remembered as the guy who killed the talent flow from the DR and Venezuela. Did he destroy PR? It still seems like there's a pretty healthy amount of talent coming out of there. Here is a pretty good piece on the dwindling talent out of Puerto Rico due to draft rule changes: tht.fangraphs.com/the-future-of-baseball-in-puerto-rico/ |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 18, 2019 6:31:09 GMT -5
Seems to me the issue wasn't necessarily "they made them go into the draft" so much as that they did so without filling in the vacuum doing so created (and, I presume, adding 2 years before the players could go pro, development time that MLB used to take care of that it no longer did - I could be wrong though). If you can still draft players at the same age as you could sign them, I'm not sure what the difference would be as it relates to what happened in Puerto Rico. |
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Post by kingstephanos on Jul 18, 2019 19:37:53 GMT -5
Seems to me the issue wasn't necessarily "they made them go into the draft" so much as that they did so without filling in the vacuum doing so created (and, I presume, adding 2 years before the players could go pro, development time that MLB used to take care of that it no longer did - I could be wrong though). If you can still draft players at the same age as you could sign them, I'm not sure what the difference would be as it relates to what happened in Puerto Rico. Chris, I'd assume it would have to do with the infrastructure - where installing a fixed pricing system (slot $$ for each player/round) would de-incentivize trainers/buscones from setting up camps to showcase their young players. Deals made years in advance would disappear, and adaptation to new economic landscapes can be difficult for cultures/nations. Though, MLB could buttres that vacuum by creating even more academies in those countries. |
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