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Big Amoco Sign wrote:Yeah, I admit it's not the best example. But I think there's evidence of collusion regardless. I seem to be the only one who cares about this here and trying to talk about something different and not "sully" the forum or whatever.

Minor league talent replacing aging useless vets has been around forever too. But some of those vets aren't useless--and it seems some are just told they are in order to get them cheaper. Gio had 3.7 WAR two years ago and 2.1 last year. I mean is he really that replaceable by AAAA talent? Do we need to reconfigure WAR metrics? It's silly to think, with this offseason, that it's just "owners being smarter." Considering not only the late deals/low deals/minor league deals and implied blackballing, but how it contrasts to other years' offseasons.

But don't just listen to me, listen to all the agents, players (former and current), and investigative journalists talking about this since December.
Why would we listen to the players and agents? It would be pretty dumb of them to not make a case for players, wouldn't it? Which investigative journalists are you talking about?

If it's collusion, then you'll have to explain to me why guys like JA Happ and Charlie Morton and Hyun-Jin Ryu got contracts.

Look, if you want to talk about the owners gouging fans with 10 dollar beers and 6 bucks for hot dogs, then I'll jump on board with you. I'm not interested in crying about billionaires taking advantage of multi-multi-multi millionaires though.

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Steven Souza will undergo season-ending surgery to repair an ACL tear, LCL tear, and partial PCL tear in his left knee.

Souza also suffered a posterior lateral capsule tear when he slipped on home plate in Monday's exhibition game against the White Sox. It'll be another lost season for the 29-year-old outfielder, who appeared in only 72 games last summer due to a severe pectoral strain and batted just .220/.309/.369 when he wasn't on the disabled list. Souza put up an .810 OPS with 30 home runs and 16 stolen bases over 148 games with the Rays in 2017. This freak late-spring knee injury should mean a lot more playing time out of the gate for Adam Jones.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. made the Padres opening day roster instead of being sent down for service time.

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I saw that news about Jr. last night and it made me happy. I still remember exactly where I was for both of the grand slams he hit in the same inning against the Dodgers many years ago.

I had gone to the casino buffet (we did bad things when it came to all you can eat crab legs) and we were leaving and stopped at a TV on the way out to see what happened with the bases loaded and saw granny number one.

We hopped in the car and headed back to my parents place and the first thing we did was turn on the TV to see the bases loaded again with Tatis up. The rest is history!

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Fernando Jr., Bo Bichette, and Vlad Jr.... when the kids get you nostalgic for the 90s

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Big Amoco Sign wrote:Fernando Jr., Bo Bichette, and Vlad Jr.... when the kids get you nostalgic for the 90s
The other less heralded prospect son of Dante Bichette, Dante Bichette Jr, played for the Independent League St. Paul Saints last year (their awesome ballpark was directly across the street from our apartment, and our unit was high enough that we could watch the entire game from inside)... along with 2015 Cardinals legend Dan Johnson (who apparently is both a 1B and P now).

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