Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Jake Mailhot – FanGraphs: Major League Baseball teams are signing their players to extensions earlier than usual. While I’m all for players getting their money from the powers that be it’s worth looking under the hood of what these extensions most likely mean. Owners know that they will be locking players out and that is […]
Algodoneros de Unión Laguna signed RHP Jenrry Mejía to an unknown contract Mejía is many years removed from the promise he once showed with the New York Mets. He’s not as removed from the lifetime ban Major League Baseball gave him for a third positive test for a banned steroid in 2016. Mejía was able […]
Andrew Baggarly & Zach Buchanan – The Athletic ($): I don’t care about the dangers involved in Madison Bumgarner moonlighting as rode roping competitor Mason Saunders. I wish Major League Baseball players were allowed to do these things freely. I don’t believe any business should have any say in the activities you partake in off […]
Jeffrey Paternostro – Baseball Prospectus ($): In a perfect world it wouldn’t be a big deal that minor leaguers will be appearing for the first time in the 20th edition of the MLB The Show video game franchise. Minor leaguers would be paid for their likenesses in addition to earning a living wage. We don’t […]
Craig Edwards – FanGraphs: Rob Manfred’s plan to contract Minor League Baseball teams has been under fire from the get-go. That fire is justified because it’s a truly awful plan. What makes it even worse is that the plan contains some areas where MiLB can improve. Those aspects of the plan are overshadowed by outright […]