2025 ATL Thread - Burnes to have TJ surgery

Post #1541 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:52 am

Good deal for Bregman. Not terrible for Boston.

RaoulDuke79 · Post #1542 » by **RaoulDuke79** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:27 am

Sad to see him go but glad it's finally over.

Post #1543 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:34 am

$10 million more per year than anyone else offered.

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MVP2110 · Post #1544 » by **MVP2110** » Sun Feb 16, 2025 2:08 pm

Paul DeJong to the Nationals for 1 year $1 million

Turk Nowitzki · Post #1545 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:57 pm

Doesn't seem ideal

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Kerb Hohl · Post #1546 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:39 pm

I was hoping we'd pony up to keep him given what we'd probably unlocked. Looks like we dodged a bullet in all likelihood.

wallus · Post #1547 » by **wallus** » Mon Feb 17, 2025 9:06 pm

Maybe not 100% surprising as we told him to throw harder in his time with the Crew.

Wisky4life · Post #1548 » by **Wisky4life** » Tue Feb 18, 2025 4:04 pm

Vlad Jr turning down an extension with Blue Jays. It would be fun to bring him in. Another Prince JR would be fun to watch. The pricetag though.....raise those beer prices Mark.

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Post #1549 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:04 pm

As expected, ESPN and MLB are breaking up after this season.

Major League Baseball and ESPN have “mutually agreed” to end their national television deal after the upcoming 2025 season, according to a memo baseball commissioner Rob Manfred sent to his owners Thursday afternoon that was obtained by The Athletic. Manfred wrote the league has “not been pleased with the minimal coverage that MLB has received on ESPN’s platforms over the past several years outside of the actual live game coverage.”

ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, its wild-card round playoff broadcasts and the rest of the partnership remain in place through the 2025 season.

A March 1 deadline loomed for both parties to opt out of the final three years of a contract that otherwise would have run through 2028. The memo did not rule out the sides pairing up again on a new deal, but said MLB has been talking to “several interested parties” about the rights ESPN would have held.

ESPN did not immediately return a request for comment.

ESPN was asking MLB to take a lower rights fee than the $550 million average value the deal called for, a figure MLB could be hard-pressed to match elsewhere. The contract, which would have lasted seven years, was agreed to in 2021.

MLB and ESPN have been partners since 1990 and both sides still appear to have a continued need for the other. ESPN is planning to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service this year so sports fans can watch the network without necessarily needing a cable or satellite service, or similar bundle.

“While ESPN has stated they would like to continue to have MLB on their platform, particularly in light of the upcoming launch of their DTC (direct-to-consumer) product, we do not think its beneficial for us to accept a smaller deal to remain on a shrinking platform,” Manfred wrote. “In order to best position MLB to optimize our rights going in to our next deal cycle, we believe it is not prudent to devalue our rights with an existing partner but rather to have our marquee regular season games, Home Run Derby and Wild Card playoff round on a new broadcast and/or streaming platform.

Post #1550 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Feb 21, 2025 4:13 am

"marquee regular season games". There really aren't any of those.

Matches Malone · Post #1551 » by **Matches Malone** » Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:04 pm

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crkone · Post #1552 » by **crkone** » Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:38 pm

Matches Malone wrote:

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Devin Williams' shaved face scared them into this change.

MikeIsGood · Post #1553 » by **MikeIsGood** » Fri Feb 21, 2025 3:24 pm

But honestly who tf is this even? The man needs his beard.

(I say this as someone who has had a beard for 24 years)

blazza18 · Post #1554 » by **blazza18** » Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:25 am

There has to be a player who can't grow a beard at all who is absolutely pissed off about this change.

wallus · Post #1555 » by **wallus** » Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:55 am

Somewhere Mattingly is upset

Post #1556 » by **humanrefutation** » Thu Feb 27, 2025 9:35 pm

Anyone read that Athletic piece on the former Twins minor league catcher who was accused of tipping his own team's pitches because he wanted them to be eliminated from playoff contention and the season to be over?

I'm not sure what that interview accomplished for him, and I'm not sure I believe him. It looks like his agency dropped him as a result of the interview.

Post #1557 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:00 pm

Several opposing batters confirmed it, the opposing manager confirmed it, he apologized to teammates and now he says he didn't do it.

Post #1558 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:07 pm

Not a single teammate or coach stuck up for him. He just must be a complete as*hole.

IrishRainbow · Post #1559 » by **IrishRainbow** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 2:59 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:

But honestly who tf is this even? The man needs his beard.

(I say this as someone who has had a beard for 24 years)

Wasn’t he on Scrubs?

Post #1560 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 3:08 pm

Final 2024 MLB payrolls

Mets $333,262,507
Yankees $310,916,392
Dodgers $270,841,245
Phillies $249,094,493
Astros $244,875,028
Rangers $240,847,326
Braves $233,983,496
Cubs $229,724,211
Blue Jays $218,430,267
Giants $210,889,334
Red Sox $188,194,381
Angels $178,975,716
Cardinals $178,307,638
Diamondbacks $177,136,401
Padres $171,989,899
White Sox $153,903,789
Rockies $151,284,860
Mariners $145,385,974
Twins $132,543,419
Nationals $130,310,823
Royals $121,823,972
Brewers $120,338,616
Guardians $109,502,409
Reds $106,970,322
Orioles $105,416,838
Tigers $101,035,919
Marlins $98,142,446
Rays $90,342,690
Pirates $87,300,901
Athletics $66,467,058