07ag said:

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LSCSN said:

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any word on a salary floor? Its god awful watching the orioles and pirates play.

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i don't think it'll happen, owners proposed it, but only if lux tax threshhold is lowered. also remember players saying they didn't want it either, as they believed it would lead to owners pushing for a hard salary cap

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If a floor ever is imposed, I think the smart owners would start locking up all their potential young talent long-term. That way you can hit the # imposed by the league while securing your best young guys long term and continuing to tank.

This should obviously say $775K (and also $570.5K and $600K). There that makes sense! https://t.co/4wxyYy5KMw

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 25, 2022

So the gap is now $775K to $615K. Minimum salary affects about half the players each year but doesn’t represent the potential total $ difference of free agency and luxury tax (CBT) issues https://t.co/amYXzPxgtX

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 25, 2022

The meeting between MLB and the MLBPA is over.

— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) January 25, 2022

They did not talk for long...

MLB proposed today to raise the minimum salary for players with 0 to 1 year of service time to $615,000. Previously had proposed $600,000. No change to 1-2 years (650k) or 2-3 (700). MLB also withdrew its proposals to eliminate salary arbitration for any group

— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) January 25, 2022

MLB also proposed a $10 million bonus pool for pre arbitration eligible players. The union had proposed a bonus pool of $105 million. So concept has some common ground, amount is way, way apart.

— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) January 25, 2022

it seems like the union is getting taken to the cleaners

anyone want to shed light on the bonus pool? basically saying each team has a separate pool of money to pay young players?

I asked a source with knowledge of today’s bargaining session about perceived movement from MLB on talks and source said “I’d hesitate to call it movement. The players’ reaction to this universally was, ‘What the f-, are you kidding me?’

— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) January 25, 2022

that's what I'm thinking from the players' perspective.

what happened to the universal DH?

or the shortened path to free agency...or the raising of the luxury tax threshold...or the creation of a minimum team payroll / salary floor...

where's Marvin Miller when you need him?

I dare him to hit one ball to the right of the jugs machine

Lean twitchy and quick Bregman is best. Bulked up Randy Arozarenalike Bregman is not best.

Did anyone see in the comment section of the Astros Facebook post about the Skeeters name change a guy mentioned that the team didn't buy the Skeeters name and that is why they're being forced to change it. Not much explanation but we shall see if the guy responds to some folks asking for more information.

are folks going to take the Bregman-offseason-workout cheese again?

we all did last year...and it spoiled to the tune of .777 OPS

astros4545 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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are folks going to take the Bregman-offseason-workout cheese again?

we all did last year...and it spoiled to the tune of .777 OPS

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It wasn't so much about any workout. It was that he wasn't healthy. He missed a big chunk of the year. When he did play he either was dealing with injuries. Look at the sprint #s and the fact he had wrist surgery as soon as the season ended. He's trying to address that this offseason with a different program. We know Bregman can play. Keep him healthy and good things will happen.

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His jog speed was hilariously bad
Very clear he was dealing with injuries all yesr

Here's to him being healthy

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FIFY

There was no sprinting going on

That uni Cammy has on is my favorite. Would love for the shooting star to return and stay

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That uni Cammy has on is my favorite. Would love for the shooting star to return and stay

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Jake from Rake Farm:

I saw something interesting on Twitter. Talking Yanks had a post creating a best lineup of all time. It got me thinking. Who goes in the Astros all time lineup? What's the batting order?

It's a nice off-season distraction.

Here's my lineup. Curious about others.

C- Biggio
2B - Altuve
1B - Bagwell
DH - Yordan
LF - Berkman
3B - Caminiti
RF - Wynn
SS - Correa
CF - Cedeno

Bench
Joe Morgan
Springer
Bregs
Cruz
Castro (need a backup catcher, thought Eusebio or Ferguson)

Rotation
Nolan
JV
Roy O
Mike Scott
JR Richard

Bullpen (gets a little murky)
Wags (CP)
Lidge (pre Pujols) (Setup)
Dave Smith
Sambito
Valverde
Dotel
Doug Jones


I wanted to put Dierker on the list, but I don't know who I'd bump from that rotation. Also, Bregs has better numbers than Cammy, but Cammy was a switch hitter. So, I put him in. There's a case to be made for Yuli, but Bags and Berkman have 1st locked down.

I'm curious to see what others come up with.

It's based on Astros performance.

An argument can be made for Clemens. Pudge was very pedestrian the year he was with the Astros.

The list is very subjective. This is my all time Astros team. If you put in Clemens, who do you pull from that rotation? JR maybe?

Cole deserves a spot too

Again, who do you pull from that rotation for Clemens? JR? JV?

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Cole deserves a spot too

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who do you take off to add Cole?


on that note, I don't think there is a franchise that can say it has a better line up of pitchers than Astros. maybe the dodgers?

hell, if you are going based on best seasons, Randy Johnson deserves a mention.