MLB 2024: robot umps, please

[Kepler]

The "Golden At-Bat". *rolls eyes*

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...floated-by-rob-manfred-is-wild-enough-to-work

I will never watch baseball again if they do this.
































Never.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Manfried continues his mission to destroy baseball.

Players are pushing back on this big time. I think this idea dies on the vine.

 

[MissThundercat]

Juan Soto just got PAID by the Mets.

 

[Kepler]

Juan Soto just got PAID by the Mets.

 

[Kepler]

Soto’s 15-year, $765 million agreement with the New York Mets includes no deferrals and carries a $51 million average annual value, according to sources briefed on the contract. It surpasses Shohei Ohtani’s heavily deferred 10-year, $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in both total value and present-day average annual value.

The Soto contract, which is pending a physical, also is the longest ever awarded a baseball player, just as the Nationals’ deal would have been. The difference is that the total value of the Mets agreement is $325 million higher than the Nationals’ offer was. The AAV is $22 million more.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/59...soto-contract-mets-mlb-free-agency-rosenthal/

 

[SJHovey]

Soto’s 15-year, $765 million agreement with the New York Mets includes no deferrals and carries a $51 million average annual value, according to sources briefed on the contract. It surpasses Shohei Ohtani’s heavily deferred 10-year, $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in both total value and present-day average annual value.

The Soto contract, which is pending a physical, also is the longest ever awarded a baseball player, just as the Nationals’ deal would have been. The difference is that the total value of the Mets agreement is $325 million higher than the Nationals’ offer was. The AAV is $22 million more.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/59...soto-contract-mets-mlb-free-agency-rosenthal/

Most impressive of all is that it extends beyond Bobby Bonilla’s deal.

 

[Kepler]

Most impressive of all is that it extends beyond Bobby Bonilla’s deal.

Only 4 years, though. Extend Bonilla!

 

[First Time Long Time]

No way he finishes that contract.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Vladdy has reportedly turned down a 340M extension offer from the Jays. Soto has turned the market upside down. I’d say Ohtani started it but he’s his own unique case given the dual role and marketing power.

 

[Kepler]

The world has changed.

...the Cards and Astros were in discussion on a trade to send him to Houston before Arenado informed St. Louis that he would not be waiving his no-trade clause to join the Astros.

...

he would approve a trade to six teams: the Angels, Dodgers, Padres, Phillies, Mets, or Red Sox.