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Post by gerry on Jul 7, 2016 10:28:01 GMT -5
Is Wright turning back into a pumpkin? Let's see, all in all he has 4 terrible to mediocre starts: The first one was under a pouring rain, the second in an extreme weather conditions too where it was humid and hot in Texas, the third was when it started raining again and for the last the wheels came of when his manager tried to squeeze another inning when he was already over 100 pitch. So no, I'm not worried. Agreed. Not worried at all. Why would we think of trading one of our only good starting pitchers? Is this the condition known as "FOK, or Fear of Knuckleballers?" Hopefully, Wright is here to stay, long term. Hard to believe this board has developed "trade Pedey and Wright" sentiments. That is just crazy talk.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Jul 7, 2016 20:56:26 GMT -5
I have to imagine that the luxury tax threshold goes up significantly and penalties reduced next year. The $189 million figure hasn't changed since 2002 and the players' share of overall revenue has fallen from 56% to 38% ( as of 2015). Teams aren't spending anywhere close to as much as what the players are going to want in the next CBA. I can easily see the PA demanding a threshold in the $350 million range and settling for something well north of $300 million. Just inflation alone means the PA is entitled to a big increase. According to the inflation calculator of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $189 million in 2002 had the buying power of $252 million in 2016. And we all know that BB revenues have increased by far more than the overall rate of inflation in past 14 years. That plus the decline in the players' share of revenue that Jim Ed cites (and which I wasn't aware of) means the players will go into the next negotiations with ambitious demands. And you know what? They're absolutely entitled to do so. I've been to many games at Fenway and I never once went because I was excited to see John Harrington or JWH.
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Post by gerry on Jul 8, 2016 3:23:29 GMT -5
I have to imagine that the luxury tax threshold goes up significantly and penalties reduced next year. The $189 million figure hasn't changed since 2002 and the players' share of overall revenue has fallen from 56% to 38% ( as of 2015). Teams aren't spending anywhere close to as much as what the players are going to want in the next CBA. I can easily see the PA demanding a threshold in the $350 million range and settling for something well north of $300 million. Just inflation alone means the PA is entitled to a big increase. According to the inflation calculator of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $189 million in 2002 had the buying power of $252 million in 2016. And we all know that BB revenues have increased by far more than the overall rate of inflation in past 14 years. That plus the decline in the players' share of revenue that Jim Ed cites (and which I wasn't aware of) means the players will go into the next negotiations with ambitious demands. And you know what? They're absolutely entitled to do so. I've been to many games at Fenway and I never once went because I was excited to see John Harrington or JWH. Big increase coming. I do hope THIS time some of that goes to raising the floor at the expense of ludicrous top contracts; and figure a way for mLB players to earn a living wage. The sport has evolved but not concern for the kids.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 8, 2016 9:29:10 GMT -5
I can easily see the PA demanding a threshold in the $350 million range and settling for something well north of $300 million. Just inflation alone means the PA is entitled to a big increase. According to the inflation calculator of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $189 million in 2002 had the buying power of $252 million in 2016. And we all know that BB revenues have increased by far more than the overall rate of inflation in past 14 years. That plus the decline in the players' share of revenue that Jim Ed cites (and which I wasn't aware of) means the players will go into the next negotiations with ambitious demands. And you know what? They're absolutely entitled to do so. I've been to many games at Fenway and I never once went because I was excited to see John Harrington or JWH. Big increase coming. I do hope THIS time some of that goes to raising the floor at the expense of ludicrous top contracts; and figure a way for mLB players to earn a living wage. The sport has evolved but not concern for the kids. I really want them to increase the league minimum to $1 million and substantially increase minor league salaries and benefits, but they probably won't and all of the negotiations will be about getting the top players' $40+ million contracts instead of $30 million. The 1% rules, even in baseball.
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Post by bluechip on Jul 8, 2016 10:24:53 GMT -5
Big increase coming. I do hope THIS time some of that goes to raising the floor at the expense of ludicrous top contracts; and figure a way for mLB players to earn a living wage. The sport has evolved but not concern for the kids. I really want them to increase the league minimum to $1 million and substantially increase minor league salaries and benefits, but they probably won't and all of the negotiations will be about getting the top players' $40+ million contracts instead of $30 million. The 1% rules, even in baseball. Top players are always going to be paid their value. What will happen if you start jacking up the cost of fringe MLB players is that teams will decrease the salaries of the middle class players to pay big money to one or two stars. I suppose they will could also employ less players (or be less willing to cut players making money of the replacement is going to cost you twice as much). The "little guys" would be better off by increasing the size of the rosters (and the available jobs)rather than increasing the salaries.
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Post by mgoetze on Jul 8, 2016 11:34:43 GMT -5
Top players are always going to be paid their value. What will happen if you start jacking up the cost of fringe MLB players is that teams will decrease the salaries of the middle class players to pay big money to one or two stars. Sure, and then the Tampa Bay Rays will win the world series with a roster full of middle class players. This is not the NFL, and Sabremetrics has already been invented.
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