Still negotiating with the CBT still being the sticking point. The players basically caved already and said - we'll take very little improvements in a couple places and salary increases that don't even line up with revenue increases - and the owners said no. I'm no longer optimistic this gets done but when the owners crack they tend to do it fast and hard. Baseball players don't get paid but their pressure is their own. Owners pressure comes from a million different directions; advertisers, cable companies, streaming deals, retailers, and now importantly online gambling partners. They're coming for your thumbs, Monfort! Your thumbs!
Today is a "deadline" day where they said they'll have to cancel Opening Day (they don't - though they still might). We ARE getting closer to not having 162 games. That's probably a week or two away.
While others squabble the Lerners keep signing garbage to fill out the organization (and maybe play some scrub baseball?) and this is a not so friendly soulless automaton reminder that
- The Nats were terrible last year
- They lost their 2nd (Trea), 4th (Harrison), 5th (Schwarber) best hitters from 2021 AND their veteran leader and likely DH Zimmerman AND their best pitcher (Max) and best reliever (Hudson)
- They've signed absolutely no one
- The minor league organization is still ranked as one of the worst in baseball.
Maybe there's a bright side to a lost season?
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You left off that if the season started tomorrow their likely Opening Day starter would be someone in the conversation for worst starting pitcher in baseball in 2021.
"worst starting pitcher in baseball in 2021."
Comeback Player of the Year 2022
Nattydread - nah.
Damn....
I am so SICK of the billionaires and millionaires arguing over their money. This work stoppage is a LOT different than 1994. We, the fans, have MANY more entertainment options than we did then. If this doesn't get settled quickly baseball is in real trouble.
@TwoGloves - This isn't a fight between billionaires and millionaires. This is the millionaires fighting for the thousandaires and the billionaires telling them to pound sand. Look at the first owner's proposal compared to the last one...they haven't moved. This is the owners trying to do some union busting, which is BS given that they ALREADY own a monopoly. The union is the only thing there to protect the players, it's not like they can take their talents elsewhere like you or I can. And the numbers the players are asking for are pennies to billionaire owners, which makes this all so much more frustrating.
Remember, the difference between a billion dollars and a million dollars is roughly a billion dollars. Don't put any blame on the players here, they aren't the greedy ones
Trust me - I am not on the owners side, but come on, the players are not hurting either. If you rise to the top of your business, are you making Max or Trout money? I think not. In addition, when you first started at your company, were you making $500,000? Again, I think not. I get that very few players make it to the big leagues, but the ones that do make a VERY good living, and the stars make f you money. Also, no other sport has guaranteed contracts. If you don't produce at work, you get fired. If MLB players don't produce, they get traded or cut, but they still get paid, you don't.
All you need is Strat-o-Matic!
@Two Gloves: 47% of players last year made the league minimum. How many of them get to stay around for more than 5 years? How many years do they play in the minors on slave wages before they get called up?
MLBPA is right to negotiate for a major raise for players. If an average player lasts 6 years, they make about $4M in a career. Most don't have other skills. So that $4M is a career payoff.
It would be great if big earners like Harper and Scherzer subsidized other players. MLBPA is united in calling MLB to pay that raise, not the stars.
ND - I do allright but I don't make enough to subsidize players!
oh wait, the other guy
@Natty If the average player makes $4M in a 6 year career, that is pretty damn good!! I am above average at what I do and even with a nice retirement plan, I'll be lucky to make $4M in a 40 year career!!
All about millionaires and billionaires arguing over pennies on a dollar to play a freaking game. Come on man!!
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