@NegativeNew If you’re going to call people stupid, at least spell “damn” right. Shows low grammatical intelligence. Griffin’s still a FA at 28, so that still really doesn’t prevent anything in the current system.
@scotttheskeptic What’s the other thing that the MLB proposed? A floor! That revenue would have 50% taken off and split between 30 teams, which those cheap teams would have to spend up to that floor. Can’t pocket everything
@scotttheskeptic So why would that be only ownership benefit if profitability increases? Wouldn’t that help not just the superstars, but every other player as well if more money is being brought in?
@scotttheskeptic Sure players would choose other things if the offers for a player were equal. Also if the team didn’t want to keep them. You see that in the NFL and NHL all the time. But how is that an argument against a cap/floor? That’s more so for
@TheRedStripesSG The argument always goes back to the pirates. We see with our other two sports teams what the benefits are from a cap/floor system, so that’s why it’s our side. It may not benefit the Pirates, but it would for certain benefit the Rays, Guardians, and Brewers.
@TJStats The later extensions? I agree on, but calling his 2012 deal a significant discount isn’t really accurate. Crosby’s $8.7M cap hit was the 2nd-highest in the NHL when it started and remained top-5 through 2016. It became a bargain because the cap rose and the contract aged well.
@BloopAndABlast Yeah maybe we could’ve dealt him to Texas for not Flores at last year’s deadline, but really don’t see why people are raising pitchforks over him not being our closer anymore
@Mikey5Aces@pghez@ALANDexter2020 It seems like the Yankees fans don’t like him either lol. Granted they are psychotic, so even one little bend causes uproar
@frazmoney93 That’s just the truth. Cherington somehow has always ducked the ire that goes towards Shelton and Kelly. Do they deserve criticism as well? Yes, but Cherington is the ship’s captain that no one seems to see
@AEM366@PiratesFaithful I wasn’t at the game. What was the split. The first base side looked like a good amount, but the other portions looked like Pirates fans on the tv
@BloopAndABlast It’s definitely a mixture of things to where we are today. I’m optimistic for the future, but first thing that needs to be done is winning more.
@BloopAndABlast Yeah I am not offended or by it. The 60s I don’t factor in really since baseball attendance average wise all really just aligned in the same spot with the exception of a few teams. The 70s I am a little perplexed by since two WS teams, and that’s where the average gap grows
@MikeAsti11 Don’t go to the ballpark to support this team is what people in the media have said. People listened. Now with just a small sample size, now the media finger wags at fans for being bad. I’m on the side that it improves with this team.
@MikeAsti11@LARomeo8 I think the mistake was not capitalizing on the late boom in the late 90s where they were fiddling around in mediocrity while other teams grew their fanbase