Current Events > MLB World Series topic

(+) Yeah! (+)

manfred unironically should have rigged game 7 of the NLCS and gotten the Phillies here

this is why the 6 seed is bad btw

Also cry more

your team is down 10-0 in the 3rd inning

we ain't the ones crying lil bro

this dude is raged that the dbacks will regress to the mean and rightly miss the playoffs next year

At least I'm not simping for the concept of buying a title.

At least I'm not simping for the concept of buying a title.

But you should want the Diamondbacks to be spending more money. They clearly have some good players. It would be much more interesting if they supplemented that by signing players.

But you should want the Diamondbacks to be spending more money. They clearly have some good players. It would be much more interesting if they supplemented that by signing players.

Oh wow

Just got home and turned on the game.

We've paid the fuck out of Marte and rookie Carroll, and gave Kelly a solid two year deal. Gallen is the only truly outstanding star to pay here, and I will legit be angry if we don't pay him. Moreno has probably earned it, great rookie year.

Oh right, I forgot we paid Madbum a fuckton. Lmfao.

I'm primarily for developing players and then paying them with free agency and trades as a supplement (ie, what we've largely done), rather than vomiting money at big names and trying to outright buy a championship.

Could it finally be the Rangers' turn?

Rangers W on the road again.

yawn.

A fan of a small market team in favor of taking the Rays approach to improving, rather than having to outbid a team in our division that has four times our net worth and another at three times? What a crazy idea, right.

Also speaking of the Rays, holy shit I hope you keep this same energy when it comes to them.

Every MLB owner has the wealth and revenue to "buy a championship." Most just don't want to. GMs love having a built in excuse for fans not to expect results in the near future.

A fan of a small market team in favor of taking the Rays approach to improving, rather than having to outbid a team in our division that has four times our net worth and another at three times? What a crazy idea, right.

idk who that is. their website looks like its from 1997. 57% is way too high probably.

We've paid the fuck out of Marte and rookie Carroll, and gave Kelly a solid two year deal. Gallen is the only truly outstanding star to pay here, and I will legit be angry if we don't pay him. Moreno has probably earned it, great rookie year.

Oh right, I forgot we paid Madbum a fuckton. Lmfao.

I'm primarily for developing players and then paying them with free agency and trades as a supplement (ie, what we've largely done), rather than vomiting money at big names and trying to outright buy a championship.

I've never really understood the criticism of "buying a championship". First of all, even if you do spend a fuckton of money the World Series is still hard to win and the playoffs are still a crapshoot. Further, most teams these days put a very great emphasis on player development, so ideally you're going to have a mix of homegrown players, good free agent signings, and good trades. If all of that results in you having a top 5 payroll, then I don't see what's so bad about that.

the only way to remove cheap teams from existing is total overhaul to player compensation. why has player development become the most important thing for every well-run organization? because players make no fucking money early on in their career, so churning out cheap young stars and contributors at an enormous surplus is the key to sustaining winning on a budget.

Aaron Judge as a rookie was an MVP runner-up and his salary that season was league minimum. exploiting this is the job of every top executive in these front offices, it's why the free agent market has dried up in recent years except for true superstars, who are always worth paying (unless you're the Red Sox). paying market value for merely good and aging players is just not worth it for most teams, and any system where paying actual fair value to workers is discouraged is a broken one

the closest thing to a compromise that teams are actually doing is these early extensions like the aforementioned Corbin Carroll one, but even these are still extremely team-friendly like 80% of the time, and in some cases like the Ozzie Albies or Ronald Acuna deals they are outright robbery