bdutts
- Houston, Texas
Why not both?
Chicago Cubs 2024
Cubs sign Garrett Cooper to minor league deal.
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
Saw that. Seems like a AAA signing?
Yes, hence why I wrote “to a minor league deal.”
He gets invite to big league camp and will have a chance to make team. Interestingly, noticed Trey Mancini signed similar deal with Cooper’s old team the Marlins.
PCA sent down. Makes sense.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Snell to SF, 1 year $32M, with a $30M player option for 2025.
Reportedly turned down a longer term deal from the Yankees, you have to imagine Jordan Montgomery will be their next port of call.
Scott Boras, I dunno man. Do guys want to play contract years every year like this?
Reportedly turned down a longer term deal from the Yankees, you have to imagine Jordan Montgomery will be their next port of call.
Scott Boras, I dunno man. Do guys want to play contract years every year like this?
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
He (Boras) gambled and lost this year.
Snell has had consistency issues, hard for a team to commit 6-8 yrs for a guy who is on/off.
Monty was good late 2022 in StL and really good in TX down the stretch. Hard to say if that who he is for the long term. Both could have signed decent deals but wanted the moon. Monty will like sign a similar deal like Snell's and then jump back in again after the season.
Monty was good late 2022 in StL and really good in TX down the stretch. Hard to say if that who he is for the long term. Both could have signed decent deals but wanted the moon. Monty will like sign a similar deal like Snell's and then jump back in again after the season.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Sources: Frustrated players want MLBPA exec out
On Monday's call, a majority of players in an informal vote told MLBPA executive director Tony Clark they wanted to replace deputy executive director Bruce Meyer with Harry Marino, the lawyer who spearheaded the unionization efforts of minor leaguers.
Minor league players changing the dynamic within the union is pretty interesting.
A "Mutiny" is Developing Within the MLBPA - Bleacher Nation
Some players are reportedly trying to get the number two at the MLBPA bounced.
www.bleachernation.com
Good discussion there.
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Inside the cracks at the center of the MLBPA -- and what's next
An attempted coup, a three-hour Zoom call and a union in limbo. Here's what's next for the fractured MLBPA.
Really interesting and juicy story, with a ton of different facets to it.
Though at the end of the day it is important to remember that the players only weapon against an ownership increasingly desperate to rob them is unity.
Inside the cracks at the center of the MLBPA -- and what's next
An attempted coup, a three-hour Zoom call and a union in limbo. Here's what's next for the fractured MLBPA.www.espn.com
Really interesting and juicy story, with a ton of different facets to it.
Though at the end of the day it is important to remember that the players only weapon against an ownership increasingly desperate to rob them is unity.
Reading between the lines, this seems like a battle between the top tier players who are already making millions and the vast majority of players struggling to get paid.
The big time guys are more concerned with big picture stuff like luxury tax thresholds and overall spending, while the lower tier players are more concerned about more granular quality of life issues.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Totally. And the lower tier just got way bigger and more powerful with the minor leaguers entering the union.
What just happened with J.D. Davis, where the Giants were able to cut his arbitration salary for peanuts, also seems to have really enraged the players. That's a small little loophole that isn't new in this CBA, but is the kind of thing a leadership less focused on the topline free agents might be more focused on.
I'm conflicted personally. I would hate to see a lack of union concern for megabucks contracts lead to ownership suddenly get a much bigger slice of the pie.
The players are in a tough spot with retrenchment coming to the industry. It's anathema to decades of MLBPA rhetoric and ideological commitment, but the other leagues unions agreement to an overall revenue split with ownership has presented them with certain advantages.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I was watching, saw that, and flipped over to basketball. I just couldn't watch them try to work on him
So glad we stayed under the Luxury Tax Threshold and didn't sign quality pitching
No kidding. I am so p.o.'ed at ownership trying to disguise the Cubs as a middle market team.
[ W ] #1
About time! We were on pace to go 0-162.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Watching Morel play defense...
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Watching Morel hit...
[ W ] #2
Shota!
Shota!
Now we’re clearly going to go 160-2.
All kidding aside, there’s something about going directly from the ultimate win or go home sporting event of the NCAA basketball tournament to the 162-game grind of MLB baseball that makes it completely impossible for me - and I imagine a lot of fans - to have any perspective on the small sample sizes of the early part of the year.