If they do shortened the draft to 5 rounds, remember the Astros lost their first and second round picks, so they could only draft 3.
We don't know how the minor league pay is going to be handled yet - it was not a part of this deal/agreement. So I have no support/non-support on that.
The draft issue? Yeah man - it's a lot different than "the rest of us", for the most part. The job still exists - but they are being asked to take about an 80% pay cut. And to take a job that already pays less than minimum wage for the time worked. And even next year, when pay goes up, it's still barely minimum wage (and in some areas of the country, still below it).
Can we just agree on this: we all feel bad for people who are taking a financial hit over this. So there's no "daring" here as you put it. We all feel bad and hate it. This is the price that these players will pay. They haven't played a day in the big leagues. It's understandable that they'd have very little say in all of this. I think this is a prudent way for the owners to cut costs which they ought to be doing
I don't really have an issue as long as they have a one year exception where high school seniors become draft eligible after one year in college instead of three. That would really just push things back a year for all but the most elite players. I assume they won't do that, though, because baseball always manages to screw up such things.
*BaseClogger* (03-27-2020)
The world isn’t as simple as that. You’d be surprised how unions are capable of selling out their own. And I’m talking about the real world where people make an hourly wage, not just the fantasy land of pro sports. I’ve seen unions reject company offers that are well intended to lift up the people at the bottom of the food chain for pure selfish reasons. Selfish, greedy people exist everywhere. Just as caring people who want to do the right thing exist every where. It’s not just greedy haves vs virtuous have nots.
I'm struggling to figure out the scenario you laid out as not being the haves screwing over the have nots. The haves (the people at the top) rejecting the company offer that helps the have nots (the people at the bottom). The haves in your scenario, like in just about any union, are the ones who control the message being given to everyone.
And just to be clear with my haves and have nots original statement, the haves are both the owners and current players. The have nots are the amateurs.
wrong thread. Somehow.
Bourgeois Zee (03-28-2020),Rdirtypirates (03-28-2020)
One item I haven't seen discussed are the performance bonuses set in many contracts.
Pedro Strop, for example, isn't likely to get to 60 GP this season. Or even 50. Or 40. Might not even get to 30.
It's at the margins, to be sure, but may affect quite a few team bottom lines.
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