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WE HAVE A DEAL!!! New CBA pending ratification by both sides, raises minimum salaries, ups the luxury tax, universal DH (booo) 12 team post season(meh) also a new draft lottery and pre arbitration bonus pool to stop service time shenanigans.
 
Another Sperg on the Net said:
WE HAVE A DEAL!!! New CBA pending ratification by both sides, raises minimum salaries
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meh

ups the luxury tax
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meh, if it's not a hard salary cap it's always going to be circumvented by "certain teams"

universal DH (booo)
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I'm out. I don't care what anyone thinks, the DH is not baseball. And spare me the whining about how pitchers are too stupid to learn how to hit or whatever.

12 team post season(meh)
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There were already too many teams qualifying for the "postseason" (Tip: if you have to play a play-in game, you ain't in the postseason yet.)

also a new draft lottery and pre arbitration bonus pool to stop service time shenanigans.
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This should have been a worldwide draft, but nooooooo
 
BIG BILL HELL'S said:
I'm out. I don't care what anyone thinks, the DH is not baseball. And spare me the whining about how pitchers are too stupid to learn how to hit or whatever.
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You had 50 years to get over it grandpa. Personally I don't care one way or another, I just think it was stupid the leagues had different rules on it, I'm glad it's at least unified.
 
I actually like the DH, I just enjoyed the differing styles of play that the lack of DH in the NL bred. I doubt we will ever get a world wide draft since that would require the cooperation of all the foreign leagues and that won't happen because they will always won't to protect their home grown talent, at least initially. I am unhappy with the further expansion of the post season but 12 teams is fewer than 14 so I will take what I can get on that front, I would have preferred keeping it at eight teams but that ship sailed, and ten teams with a play in just seemed like a half way house that satisfied no one so now we will at least get an actual series as one should in baseball.
 
Former pitcher Odalis Perez passed away today at the age of 43. It's reported that he had a freak accident where he fell off of a ladder and hit his head.

He's probably best known for his time with the Dodgers where he made the NL All-Star Team in 2002. His career ended in 2008 as a member of the Nationals; notably on Opening Day of that season and against his original MLB team he surrendered the first ever home run at Nationals Park to Chipper Jones of the Braves (recently retired Ryan Zimmerman did win the game with a walk off homer though.)
 
Double posting but I think it's warranted here. There's been some really big moves in the last few days, perhaps none bigger than today which looks like the end of Freddie Freeman's tenure in Atlanta. The Braves have acquired first baseman Matt Olson from Oakland for outfielder Christian Pache (a consensus top 25 prospect the previous two seasons,) catching prospect Shae Langeliers (the 9th overall pick in 2019,) and pitching prospects Joey Estes and Ryan Cusick (the 24th overall pick last summer.)

Last night also saw a pretty notable trade as the Yankees traded catcher Gary Sanchez and third baseman Gio Urshela to the Twins for third baseman Josh Donaldson and infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa (whom they had acquired from Texas less than 24 hours previously.)

Oakland traded Chris Bassitt to the Mets, and the Reds traded Sonny Gray to Minnesota.

Nelson Cruz signed a 1-year deal with Washington.

Cincinnati traded outfielder Jesse Winker and third baseman Eugenio Suarez to Seattle for pitcher Justin Dunn, outfielder Jake Fraley and pitching prospect Brandon Williamson (Seattle's 2019 2nd round pick.)

Fernando Tatis Jr. is out for up to three months with a fractured wrist that might require surgery.

Pete Alonso of the Mets was in a scary car accident on his way to training camp in Florida after someone ran a red light and caused Alonso's car to flip three times; he's fine otherwise.
 
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Really hope Olson doesn't struggle too much after switching leagues because that's really going to make things sting after losing the grizzled consistency of Freddie and Shea Langeliers, especially considering the Braves are going to to need a starting catcher within the next two years.
 
Why is it so hard for people to include links when they do news dumps in these threads?

Local Fed said:
Fernando Tatis Jr. is out for up to three months with a fractured wrist that might require surgery.
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PADRES’ STAR FERNANDO TATIS JR. SUGGESTS HE CRASHED HIS MOTORCYCLE MULTIPLE TIMES THIS PAST OFFSEASON
(apologies for the all caps and for linking an article written by Garry Sheffield, Jr.)

The $340 million dollar man was asked this morning whether a motorcycle accident was the cause of this injury.

“Which one?” Tatis responded. Oh boy.

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It appears Tatis Jr. wasn’t prepared for this question since the public was only made aware of one accident, which happened back in December of last year. This is not a good way to tell the public you hopped back on a motor bike when a franchise is relying on you to stay healthy after you already crashed once.

Of course no one knows exactly when he fractured his wrist, however we can take an educated guess that this latest accident did him in. Players don’t just break their wrists around the house. Really sad to see one of the faces of baseball go down for such a stupid reason. Also doesn’t help that the rival Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to land star first baseball Freddie Freeman in the coming days. Bad news all around for Padres fans and fans of the sport as a whole.
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Jeff Kent was unavailable for comment.
 
Oakland continued the teardown and traded Matt Chapman to Toronto for four prospects: infielder Kevin Smith, starting pitcher Gunnar Hoglund (Toronto's first round draft pick last summer,) and relievers Kirby Snead and Zach Logue.

The Rockies made a huge signing: Kris Bryant is heading to Colorado on an seven year, $182 million deal.
 
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The Brewers picked up Andrew McCutchen for 8.5 million for a year as a DH and outfield for time to time.
 
Local Fed said:
Oakland continued the teardown and traded Matt Chapman to Toronto for four prospects: infielder Kevin Smith, starting pitcher Gunnar Hoglund (Toronto's first round draft pick last summer,) and relievers Kirby Snead and Zach Logue.

The Rockies made a huge signing: Kris Bryant is heading to Colorado on an seven year, $182 million deal.
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Sign Nolan Arenado, trade him for peanuts.

Show no signs of signing Trevor Story.

Sign Kris Bryant to major deal.

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Profit
 
Looks like Freddie Freeman is indeed going to the Dodgers. Six years for $160 million. By comparison the extension Atlanta gave Matt Olson is for $168 million over eight seasons.
 
I hate that Freddie's gone, but I think the Braves made the right decision to let him walk. This excerpt from an article on MLB Trade Rumors sums up my thoughts pretty well:
Recent six-plus year contracts for free agents at the position haven’t been particularly fruitful. Each of the past four deals of six-plus years for first basemen — the Padres’ eight-year Eric Hosmer agreement, the Orioles’ bringing back Chris Davis on a seven-year pact, Prince Fielder’s nine-year contract with the Tigers, and the Angels’ ten-year investment in Albert Pujols — turned out to be missteps for the club.
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That doesn't bode well for the Dodgers, but I do hope Freddie can buck the trend and still play at a high level. Unless he's playing the Braves, then I hope he strikes out every at-bat.
 
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