Yeah, some of the traditional on field style of hats that they wear don't look great either. I find it to be a crap shoot at times. Sometimes they look totally fine, but other times it looks like you are wearing a train conductor hat.

I put on one of the low profile hats this morning and hated it

It's a different dynamic for sure. I wish 47 brand was still in the loop and made this type of cap in their "franchise" type. I bought low profile for each of the World Series caps and they fit fine. I've had others that weren't great. In a perfect world I'd try cap on before buying but, free was hard to pass up.

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What?? They don't have any Nick Solak gear? What a ripoff !

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His last name always made me think of the sarlacc pit from Star Wars. Sounds pretty close.

rbtexan said:

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What?? They don't have any Nick Solak gear, left? What a ripoff !

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FIFY.

They don't have any... "left." They sold out. Guy in front of me got the last jersey. Said he was putting it up for sale on e-Bay, if you are interested.

Some math...

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Dodgers sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a record 12-year, $325 million

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That's $27M/yr. Almost $1M/GS. About $827K.

It would take him 6 GS to afford paying off Ohtani's translator's $4.5M

Today, Yamamoto went: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO.

@$1M... what a ****ty debut.

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Off Today

Tomorrow:
G1 - Bradford
G2 - Urena (on TX21)

Saturday - Final in Az

Monday - Exb A
Tuesday - Exb B (on TX21)

Thursday: ODay (ESPN)

It will be interesting to see how the Lorenzen signing impacts these 2 hopefuls.

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I certainly reveled in the box score when I saw it this morning. I don't hate the Dodgers but after this off-season, I want them to crash and burn.

Everyone has been really high on Yamamoto and he'll probably be ok. But, what if he turns out to Arihara?

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Arihara "happened" to us so it would be funny if it happened to the dodgers, but just on a much larger scale / more money involved.

It's hard to feel bad for the dodgers when things go wrong. They just simply bought Freddy freeman, Ohtani, and betts with their checkbooks. They're the modem day version of the Yankees that we all hated 30 years ago.

$350 for a Seager jersey. Lol

They obviously saw how much we all spent on WS merch the first go-round.

Funny how changing some iron-ons (sew-ons) can change the value of a jersey based on the numbers.

Same damn jersey.

Money well spent for a ROY and 2X World Series MVP

Did you happen to get a look at the $175 jerseys? I'm hoping they don't end up being a glorified t-shirt since that's what I ordered. Couldn't make myself do the expensive one.

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It's a different dynamic for sure. I wish 47 brand was still in the loop and made this type of cap in their "franchise" type. I bought low profile for each of the World Series caps and they fit fine. I've had others that weren't great. In a perfect world I'd try cap on before buying but, free was hard to pass up.

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I had 47 brand franchise hat that I loved, and you can't find it anymore

Quincey P. Morris said:

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Did you happen to get a look at the $175 jerseys? I'm hoping they don't end up being a glorified t-shirt since that's what I ordered. Couldn't make myself do the expensive one.

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They look great to me

Sweet. I saw some pictures where the name and number just looked like vinyl heat transfer.

Oh I got a blank jersey from the team store at the ballpark for $180. Can't speak to the ones online with number and name.

I would say us and Baltimore have the brightest futures right now.

Flounder Dorfman said:

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I would say us and Baltimore have the brightest futures right now.

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Baltimore is going to be a problem for years to come, they've got a lot of young talent in place.

This dude is going to regret that number choice. MLB The Show already has him in 4. Not sure if that's actually happened or if that's just what they did, but it was never gon going to be 82.

Why 4? Wasn't he 36 at Florida?

Either way, it can't and wont be 82 lol.

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Either way, it can't and wont be 82 lol,

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Agree but was just curious if they just randomly picked 4 or if that will be his number.

Looks like JD Martinez, another Boras guy, is finally signing.

NYM: 1yr/$12M with $4.5M in 2024 salary and $7.5M to be deferred until 2034 with annual $1.5M payments (from '34-38).

Because the Mets are at the highest threshold for CBT, they will likely pay $4.95M in CBT in addition to the $4.5M, so the $7.5M deferred isn't Taxed.

This has to be a test of the market and how players are structured. Too many teams nearing the threshold and if they continue to be unwilling to pay now, it will be a bigger problem in the future, IMO.

Reflection of how our Gov operates, I suppose.

I will give credit to Ray Davis that he has resisted taking on the yoke of deferred comp. I think all these teams going that way will rue the day.

For years, people have wanted a salary floor. I'm certainly not for a salary floor, but a salary floor would likely solve some of this. On the other hand, in this scenario, you have players getting too much $$ just to reach the floor.

I'm with the owners here. If I'm in a rebuild, why would I pay $30MM a year for a guy when I can pay close to league minimum and potentially get similar production? Not saying that Detroit's #2 is on the same level as say a Montgomery, but Montgomery may get you 10 more wins. What's the difference between 65 wins and 75 wins? Not much really and probably very little revenue for the team.

I like the approach the Rangers took, of course I'm looking at it through blue tinted and gold trimmed glasses. They slowly added talent starting with 2022 adding Semien and Seager. Built the farm system and now have struck a balance between big contracts and team controlled players.

I think CBT is calced in AAV regardless of deferred. Not sure how opt outs factor in. That structure may help the Mets cash flow (as if Cohen cares) but I don't think gives them tax relief.