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someone please explain to the unaware (me) what exactly is a grievance? lawsuit? what? how would it work? any ideas?
Baseball taking advantage of fans, good article by Gary Washburn, Boston Globe:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/21/sports/mlbs-attitude-fans-is-unforgivable/
I assume Walker, Winn and Hence have all completed their physicals.
Does anyone actually KNOW this to be true?
Heard anything along those lines?from a MLBTradeRumors article by Steve Adams:
Taken together, it’s all a sobering reminder that the largest roadblock to return to regular-season play in any sport is not (and has not been) finances or length of season but the ongoing pandemic.
I agree.
Finances…very big, etc.
Pandemic? HUGElinked this several hours ago
nobody read it yet?
trust me, it’s a good article.
Mike Lupica after all.from Dayn Perry, CBS:
players seem poised to approve the growth from 10 playoff teams to 16 for the next two seasons, and that of course increases the likelihood that the expanded playoff structure will be adopted permanently in the next collective bargaining agreement.
Hey BHC, here’s my draft system change for the new CBA:
allow for trading of draft picks.
surely adds excitement to the NBA and NFL drafts.
JMO but I think it is long overdue.I may be wrong about no more UDFAs after seeing just now from an article by D Goold:
The Cardinals, by team policy, do not make their draft signings official until after a physical is completed. The team is waiting, for example, to announce a complete list of the undrafted players signed, though eight of them have already been confirmed by other sources.
of course right now we need to get the other 5 of our drafted 7 to sign a contract.
saved about $207,000 with Burleson and about $250,000 with Jones.
some of that will go to Bedell who still had some leverage, but not a whole lot. JMO.sure there is TIME (calendar) to sign more but I guess they are done.
If they are not out there looking to sign any more, I could see a situation when a player agent calls THEM to gauge any interest the Cards might have.
from D Goold:
Cardinals have signed their 70th overall pick, outfielder Alex Burleson, to a contract, and have finalized it for a below-slot bonus. A pitcher/outfielder for East Carolina, Burleson will focus on hitting with the Cardinals slot for the 70th overall pick is $906,800.
The Cardinals are working on an agreement with Mizzou pitcher Ian Bedell, and his bonus is expected to be for above slot because he had some leverage when it came to returning to the Tigers to enhance his draft stock.
Ian Bedell signed also? that’s what it says in this article https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-news-analysis-mlb/2020/6/15/21292001/the-cardinals-sign-some-drafted-players-and-a-few-undrafted-free-agents-a-hunt-and-peck
here’s a little bit from D Goold while we wait for Brian’s expertise:
NICK TROGRLIC-IVERSON, RHP, Gonzaga
A native of Oakville, Ontario, Trogrlic-Iverson transferred from an Arizona junior college to Gonzaga before his junior season. He spent the previous two seasons between the rotation and relief for the Zags, and overall had 30 games (11 starts) to go with one save and 61 strikeouts in 89 innings pitched. This season, in 21 1/3 innings, he walked only three batters and saw an uptick in strikeout rate with 20. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound righthander was 4-3 with a 5.05 ERA in his junior year.
talk about signing someone for OVER SLOT !
Giants gave $2.5M to Kyle Harrison (third rounder, HS LHP)
(slot was $710,700)
UFDA Jacob Buchberger, RHP/Inf, Davenport Univrsity
2019 (Jr.): Named Third Team All-American by three different organizations including NBCWA, ABCA and D2CCA…named Academic First Team All-American by CoSIDA…won a GLIAC Commissioner’s Award for the spring season…named to the GLIAC Academic All-Excellence team…also named First Team All-Region by three previous organizations…selected as GLIAC Player of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC…named GLIAC Player of the Week on April 15…led the team with a .429 batting average with 78 hits in 182 at-bats…tied the school record for batting average in a season…played in 46 games and made 45 starts…scored 54 runs and collected 12 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 40 RBI…slugged .659 with a .498 on-base percentage…drew 22 walks and went 22-of-25 in steals…had the fifth-highest slugging percentage at DU and the fourth-highest on-base percentage…had the fifth-most hits in a season and tied for the fourth-most runs scored…had the fourth-most stolen bases…on the mound, posted a 0-2 record with a 1.42 ERA in 12.2 innings…made eight appearances and earned two saves…struck out 10 batters who hit .255 against him.
