Must read from @jjcoop36.
MLB wants to end high school draft picks, shorten the draft even more, raise the international signing age and implement more changes.
Goal No. 1 for MLB: Save owners money.
The fascinating and unfortunate subtext of MLB’s bargaining posture for decades now is this:
They are comfortable shrinking baseball, the sport, in exchange for further solidifying the institutional power of Major League Baseball, the corporation
MLB today proposed an overhauled domestic amateur-entry system that removes high school players from the draft, makes college players eligible after sophomore year, shortens the draft from 20 to 12 rounds, and cuts bonus pool from current $358.7M to $200M, sources tell ESPN.
means so much for the racial and economic barriers in hockey :’) she talks here about them and the work she has already done to make the sport accessible but i know that even her getting drafted is going to be so inspiring to many 🙁🙁
Daveigh Chase has passed away at 35.
The actress was known for her performance in ‘The Ring,’ as well as voicing Lilo in ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and Chihiro in the English dub of ‘Spirited Away.’
The Charlotte Hornets have Nicolas Claxton on their radar with the Nets having expressed interest in Coby White in the past, per @MikeAScotto
The two sides could discuss a sign-and-trade if Brooklyn uses their cap space elsewhere
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