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Is to fall out of the race for the playoffs and continue with the plan of cleaning up MO’s mess by trading off assets for young arms and hitters that will bring the organization to a more stable place starting next year or the year after.

I say go for it. There’s not going to be baseball for a year when the CBA is up

hullie wrote: ↑03 Jun 2025 22:52 pm I say go for it. There’s not going to be baseball for a year when the CBA is up

Do you honestly think this team as constructed can “go for it?” Surely you’re not advocating trading from future assets for a run this year.

A lockout in 2027 could do irreparable damage to MLB. It's already a dying sport. HS kids don't even pay attention to it. Football and basketball passed it years ago. MLB sucks at marketing it's sport & players. Even espn dropped its agreement for games after 35 years. Attendance is down across the league. A season without it might end it.

JuanAgosto wrote: ↑03 Jun 2025 23:34 pm A lockout in 2027 could do irreparable damage to MLB. It's already a dying sport. HS kids don't even pay attention to it. Football and basketball passed it years ago. MLB sucks at marketing it's sport & players. Even espn dropped its agreement for games after 35 years. Attendance is down across the league. A season without it might end it.

And yet, that is where they are headed. The sport didn't develop the issues you speak of by being forward thinking.

Baseball is not going to end. That’s ridiculous. I truly believe though that baseball is headed for a lengthy work stoppage while the owners /players finally decide to address their problems.

Every major sport has some form of a salary cap/floor with revenue sharing. Sure baseball doesn’t want that but it’s inevitable for baseball to survive. Baseball will struggle until they decide that the league consists of 30 teams, not 10 well to do teams and the other 20 are just a feeder system. Every team has to be a viable option. Every team needs to be able to compete for a championship.

You’re always going to have some teams that are managed better than some others. Some teams will make more than others but the financial aspect of baseball is taking the competition part out of the game.

They have tried to balance the scales through taxation but this just hasn’t seemed to phase the teams with the financial muscle to withstand those attempts.

A work stoppage isn’t preferable but it’s probably necessary to keep the game competitive. The local media deals have brought a whole new aspect to the financial viability of the league. There will be stubbornness on both sides. Maybe they will come to their financial senses without shutting the league down but I doubt it. They should have done this with the last CBA but decided to kick the can down the road and put off the inevitable.

No one wants a work stoppage but it will take something drastic to get everyone’s attention.

Trade a player or two for a quality young player but Not a fire-sell is the Best choice I believe
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Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑04 Jun 2025 00:29 am

JuanAgosto wrote: ↑03 Jun 2025 23:34 pm A lockout in 2027 could do irreparable damage to MLB. It's already a dying sport. HS kids don't even pay attention to it. Football and basketball passed it years ago. MLB sucks at marketing it's sport & players. Even espn dropped its agreement for games after 35 years. Attendance is down across the league. A season without it might end it.

And yet, that is where they are headed. The sport didn't develop the issues you speak of by being forward thinking.

I agree. It still had relevance ten years ago. But a series of issues (Covid, poor promotion, increased costs, widening talent gap between teams, and boring 3 outcome style of play), hurt the sport. The current commissioner seems unable or unwilling to revitalize it.