Ken Rosenthal on Josh Hader, Wander Franco, Hall of Fame Ballot 

what would we do without you

I think that’s more of an avoiding injury thing. Hader wasn’t gonna risk himself before free agency. If a team gives him the Diaz contract he’s all in.

That isn’t how it works in any other industry. You think the Indians will all of a sudden be in on Yamamoto free agency?

@@blakecheboygan Of course not but a minimum would make more teams competitive

@@RoeZaid Elaborate, What's the salary floor for teams salary?

@@RoeZaid I saw AJ on foul territory mentioned a salary floor and I felt it was a good idea. Only because some teams pocket the profits and refuse to pay enough to be competitive. Example for me would be Oakland A’s and Pittsburgh. Not singling them out but just examples.

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Hader wants more than Edwin Diaz too

I think it’s more nobody wants to pay a closer that much money. Interested teams are waiting for the price to come down..

@aaronsandoval9304 We can also thank the Dodgers for running the price up so unsustainably high that no team can get a true market value for free agents either. Although Hader really did nothing to help himself at all outside of his likely outrageous monetary demands. Blake Snell is probably a similar situation where teams are not falling for his Cy Young from last season and notice his walk rate being pretty high, and I think he too wants a ridiculous contract. He is a Scott Boras client too, after all.

⁠@@Massachamp08the dodgers running up the free agent prices? Stop being a clueless whiner, whiner. Like what Ohtani and Yamamoto got has anything to do with what Hader is asking for. No relation. Hader is a reliever that plays in 1 inning of 30% of games in a season (60+ innings). Ohtani is an elite 2-way player that multiple teams “ran up” the price on. The Dodgers didnt start off offering $700M, you idiot. 😂 Yamamoto is a young elite starting pitcher that will be used for 200 innings/season. The Dodgers didnt even offer the highest amount or AAV. THE Mets did at $325M for 10 yrs. You not very informed, newb.

How was he a cancer? I’ve never heard anything about him

Amen to this. It should always be the manager's decision as to who plays, not the players themselves.

And only the NHL has had more teams make it to the finals since 2001. The expanded playoffs make it possible for small market/low revenue/cheap teams to compete.

The media needs to start reporting the present day contract. Who cares what the number is in the future. Ohtani is getting paid $460M for 10 years. The deferred money goes into an escrow account. Ohtani is getting a 4.43% interest rate. Stop focusing on a number in the future.

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Jets say hi

@@tridentgum0 As of the 2023 season, every active MLB franchise has qualified for the playoffs, especially since expansion of the playoffs in 1994 made that feat easier. The Tigers and the Angels are tied with the longest active postseason drought at 8 years while the Cincinnati Reds have the longest active postseason series-win drought at 27 years.[1] Long postseason droughts were ended recently by the Nationals (30 years for the franchise, 45 seasons over 78 years for the city, ending in 2012), the Pirates (20 years, ending in 2013), the Royals (28 years, ending in 2014), the Blue Jays (21 years, ending in 2015), the Mariners (21 years, ending in 2022), and the Phillies (11 years, ending in 2022).

Baroid and Rogroid were Hall of Famers before they were juicing up 😂😂😂 what a couple of dumbasses 😂😂😂

Of course he did. They're two of the greatest players in history.

As he should