Most fans in Pgh or Baltimore are asking why the respective owners are spending (or not spending) money in a way that seems like hiring any 9 guys to fill a lineup card. Asking is one thing; getting an answer is another.
Craig is correct. The Pirates are embarrassing. There is little I can do about it. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club has a proud heritage, now squandered.
I’m not positive but I ~think~ that’s essentially how a floor would work. Any team with a payroll under the floor would just pay more money to the existing players on the team. (Probably some sort of pro-rated deal based on how many days they were on the team.)
But yeah, you’d also see teams picking up bad contracts to get to that floor….and if they also got a prospect or two as part of the deal, maybe that wouldn’t be so bad?
Most fans in Pgh or Baltimore are asking why the respective owners are spending (or not spending) money in a way that seems like hiring any 9 guys to fill a lineup card. Asking is one thing; getting an answer is another.
Craig is correct. The Pirates are embarrassing. There is little I can do about it. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club has a proud heritage, now squandered.
I’m not positive but I ~think~ that’s essentially how a floor would work. Any team with a payroll under the floor would just pay more money to the existing players on the team. (Probably some sort of pro-rated deal based on how many days they were on the team.)
But yeah, you’d also see teams picking up bad contracts to get to that floor….and if they also got a prospect or two as part of the deal, maybe that wouldn’t be so bad?