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There was no way any other team was spending that much. The flurry of "baseball is broken and must be fixed" articles in response to the huge budget teams first-round exits to the Twins and Reds will be even more panicked than before.
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all the people who did this in the past week should be hunted for sport
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Good thing that's not true or Cubs fans would probably hunt this guy down and kill him on the street.
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MJeff posted:Good thing that's not true or Cubs fans would probably hunt this guy down and kill him on the street. Oh I know, I just love the fact that he went so deep he had to find some bullshittery to backtrack. What a horseshit artist. It's kinda impressive.
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I'm ok with just taking the L on my team not paying $700,000,000.
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I think most people should be. They've got a billion dollars committed to Shohei and Mookie.
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Bogus Adventure posted:I think most people should be. They've got a billion dollars committed to Shohei and Mookie. are yall really sitting around and going "man it's great my team is Saving Money" or something, I mean $700m is a lot but I'd risk it for shohei and my team's already one of the more stacked for the next decade in the league lol
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Also lol when the last year before the deferred money kicks in is wasted because ownership uses it as a Luxury Tax Reset year. It's not like the cable industry is growing anytime soon. The future of CBA talks etc is telling players that HOFers are making more money than ever, so why not just be literally the best player in the world and make more money. Rewarding select workers with record amounts and then letting labor fight with each other has gotta be the most effective class warfare tactic ever, since even millionaires will fall for it. That said, saying you intentionally Bobby Bonillad yourself to build a winner seems like the kind of thing the Union should frown upon. God knows they gave A-Rod poo poo for similar ideas. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Dec 9, 2023 |
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mcmagic posted:Lots of people don't understand the time value of money. And they all have MBAs
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I'm in LA visiting friends right now. Was just sitting in their backyard in Highland Park and heard a guy scream at the top of his lungs YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH LETS GOOOOOOOOO so someone just heard the news
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Tatsuta Age posted:are yall really sitting around and going "man it's great my team is Saving Money" or something, I mean $700m is a lot but I'd risk it for shohei and my team's already one of the more stacked for the next decade in the league lol It's more that $700m is a big loving commitment right here and now to a player, even if say 1/2 of that money is deferred. He's a generational talent, especially since he could pitch and hit. He is going to make the team money in ticket and merch sales at the very least. A team like the Dodgers can definitely afford it. I'm a Padres fan, so my team can't (Ballys going under hosed payroll, and handing out money to guys like Hosmer and Bogaerts has always aged like milk). Would I have liked to see Shohei in Padres colors? Hell yeah. But not for $700m. Time for AJ and Ha-Seong to get Jung Hoo Lee in SD...
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Mustached Demon posted:I'm ok with just taking the L on my team not paying $700,000,000. it's not my money, there exists no amount of money that the cubs could pay a baseball player where i would not be upset that the player had it instead of the ricketts family
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Bogus Adventure posted:It's more that $700m is a big loving commitment right here and now to a player, even if say 1/2 of that money is deferred. He's a generational talent, especially since he could pitch and hit. He is going to make the team money in ticket and merch sales at the very least. A team like the Dodgers can definitely afford it. I'm a Padres fan, so my team can't (Ballys going under hosed payroll, and handing out money to guys like Hosmer and Bogaerts has always aged like milk). Would I have liked to see Shohei in Padres colors? Hell yeah. But not for $700m. I get it but there's no instance where what you're saying has happened has actually mattered UNLESS the owners want to use it as a cudgel to get out of spending money, or drawing concessions out of a city/group/whatever. These are all multi billionaires who could spend the money if they really wanted to, don't let them off the hook with this "ahhh yeahhh welllllll, that's just toooo much money" cause it isn't. And again the Dodgers are going to print money with this poo poo, it's an investment, not lost money.
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As someone whose team never had a chance to sign Shohei this entire saga has been highly entertaining.
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Kirios posted:As someone whose team never had a chance to sign Shohei this entire saga has been highly entertaining. Hard same. The Tigers were never ever ever in contention for this so I just wanted him to go wherever he had the highest chance of winning a bunch of rings. That this whole thing was extremely funny with the fake Toronto flight only adds to it.
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Kirios posted:As someone whose team never had a chance to sign Shohei this entire saga has been highly entertaining.
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The Angels are a terrible organization who can't get out of their own way, why wouldn't he go to the Dodgers instead lol
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Tatsuta Age posted:And again the Dodgers are going to print money with this poo poo, it's an investment, not lost money. It's pretty hard to overstate the merchandising value alone of this deal.
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Nodoze posted:The Angels are a terrible organization who can't get out of their own way, why wouldn't he go to the Dodgers instead lol
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one year of shohei is $5 million more than the five-year total value of the highest contract ever given out by the chicago white sox
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Tatsuta Age posted:I get it but there's no instance where what you're saying has happened has actually mattered UNLESS the owners want to use it as a cudgel to get out of spending money, or drawing concessions out of a city/group/whatever. These are all multi billionaires who could spend the money if they really wanted to, don't let them off the hook with this "ahhh yeahhh welllllll, that's just toooo much money" cause it isn't. And again the Dodgers are going to print money with this poo poo, it's an investment, not lost money. Well, it kind of has for my team. The Padres actually had to take out a $50m loan to make payroll courtesy of Ballys going under. Kirios posted:As someone whose team never had a chance to sign Shohei this entire saga has been highly entertaining. 
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Mustached Demon posted:I'm ok with just taking the L on my team not paying $700,000,000. It’s not your money.
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Kirios posted:Man that's such a massive gut punch for Blue Jay fans. Lol anyone that believed that is out of their loving mind.
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Bogus Adventure posted:He is going to make the team money in ticket and merch sales at the very least. The Dodgers have no lack of stars, so a generational player has less individual effect than something like the impact that Harper/Nats, Trout/Angels, Pujols/Cards etc had on those franchises. But happening despite all that is taken positively because it means ownership isn't going to take the approach of "well we won several years ago so you should shut up and be happy" which some orgs do.
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Bogus Adventure posted:Well, it kind of has for my team. The Padres actually had to take out a $50m loan to make payroll courtesy of Ballys going under. Your owner is worth $3.5 billion dollars
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Tatsuta Age posted:Your owner is worth $3.5 billion dollars And Seidler spent money, RIP.
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R.D. Mangles posted:it's not my money, there exists no amount of money that the cubs could pay a baseball player where i would not be upset that the player had it instead of the ricketts family Let me rationalize out of feeling sad! 
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Tatsuta Age posted:These are all multi billionaires who could spend the money if they really wanted to If a team makes $300m a year, they aren't going to invest $280m++ in player salaries. Why do some sports fans seem to think that every billionaire should be Howard Hughes levels of crazy and run the club as a revenue negative operation just so they can flash a giant ring at the country club. I don't know for certain, but I don't think even Ted Turner did that.
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