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@LucaniaCha94972 @AndrewStoeten @tangible_uno That's one guy, and technically he was traded to the Mets after playing six seasons in Cleveland. Who else?

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@aHumblePeasant @thefriscobay No you haven't. A mass boycott would work and Pirates fans haven't even pretended to try that.

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@donboscomd I'd rather see the Pirates contracted than lose the 2027 season.

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@StFD_and_RtJR @thefriscobay It's not the MLBPA's job to make Bob Nutting smarter.

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@LucaniaCha94972 @AndrewStoeten @tangible_uno Which players did Cleveland develop that they lost to free agency, and how did they perform after they left Cleveland?

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@NotHankDave There are no completely level playing fields in sports or life. For the past 25 years, MLB has been more competitively balanced than the NFL has been.

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@LucaniaCha94972 @tangible_uno The status quo allows Cleveland to retain players for at least six years; usually the players' most valuable service. Cleveland can extend players beyond those six years, as they have with Jose Ramirez.

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@KodyDuncanPGH Kody: do you think there are more fans of large market teams or small market teams?

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@ihatethecap @Jram2TBJ To the extent that "cost-certainty" is a concept worth pursuing, employers in MLB can all have individual cost-certainty without imposing restrictions on other employers. What they want is higher franchise values with lower employee costs; essentially stealing from employees.

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@mattyglesias What if that 10% doesn't vote at all?

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@CardinalsYoshi @dwest___ Why should the owners "get" anything? The status quo is profitable and the sport is successful. The MLBPA shouldn't have to "give" ANYTHING to at the minimum get another five years of the status quo.

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@LucaniaCha94972 @tangible_uno Cleveland beat a large market team in the playoffs this year, then lost to the mid-market, low payroll Rays. A cap/floor system would harm Cleveland.

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@ihatethecap @Jram2TBJ That's not how CBAs in successful industries do or should work. Employers in those industries should prefer continuity to the risk of a work stoppage.

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@CelticsIn1234 @JoeyVotto @KodyDuncanPGH The Royals used to be owned by the wealthiest owner in the sport. They almost never spent because he didn't really care much about winning, but the point is, extremely wealthy owners can own clubs anywhere, not just NY/LA/CHI

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@ihatethecap @Jram2TBJ It's not a fantasy to continue a CBA under which the overall enterprise is quite profitable. Why should the MLBPA offer ANY concessions?

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@MALGIS31 @Brandon_N_Wile He's not correct. Also the Brewers have been in the playoffs 8 times in the last 9 seasons; 10 in the last 25.

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@LucaniaCha94972 @tangible_uno The Guardians have been quite successful over the past 11 years; far more successful than the Browns have been in a hard-capped league.

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@tybuttrey_ They can hire temporary employees but cannot hire "replacement" employees (meaning players) during a lockout. They can hire replacement employees during a strike, but doing so in conjunction with unilaterally changing the CBA could (should) be deemed an Unfair Labor Practice.

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@tybuttrey_ This is a lockout by the owners, not a strike by the MLBPA. There won't be anything for a scab to participate in. The owners might try to forcefully impose a new system with a salary cap, which the MLBPA would reject. Then there might be scabs, but that's a long ways off