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Joey Freshwater posted:How does that work? Do they just move the previous Rochester players to St. Paul? What happens with the St. Paul players? Yeah the AAA players/staff/management employed by the Twins will move with the team. I'm not 100% sure how that works for the Saints organization that's part of the American Association but I read something that said basically everyone except the owners will stay together and look for a new location. Somewhere in western Wisconsin was mentioned as a possibility.
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FlamingLiberal posted:It sounds like the Cape Cod League. I don't think they could even pay players because at the point they would be in the league, they would still be 'amateurs'. Ya this definitely seems better than throwing 145 pitches a game for some rear end in a top hat manager at Rice or wherever.
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I don't believe that indy ball players have contracts that last beyond a season. At least not in my experience. These indy ball teams that are going to end up becoming MLB affiliates have to pay a fee to get in, according to MLB rules.
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FlamingLiberal posted:These indy ball teams that are going to end up becoming MLB affiliates have to pay a fee to get in, according to MLB rules. The article I read seemed to think that the Twins likely footed most of the bill for that, because the Saints don't really need them. They already either sell out or mostly sell out all their games already. But, because their Taxi squad was at the Saints' home field this yeah, the Twins realized how convenient it is to have MLB ready players so close to their home park in case of needing a player ASAP when they're playing at home.
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IcePhoenix posted:The article I read seemed to think that the Twins likely footed most of the bill for that, because the Saints don't really need them. They already either sell out or mostly sell out all their games already. But, because their Taxi squad was at the Saints' home field this yeah, the Twins realized how convenient it is to have MLB ready players so close to their home park in case of needing a player ASAP when they're playing at home.
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IcePhoenix posted:But, because their Taxi squad was at the Saints' home field this yeah, the Twins realized how convenient it is to have MLB ready players so close to their home park in case of needing a player ASAP when they're playing at home.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Don't understand how any MLB club doesn't do this, it's so easy to ship guys between Atlanta and Gwinnett, etc. I imagine part of it is they don't want to compete against themselves for ticket/concession money. The price of MLB games today makes seeing a AAA team with near MLB quality baseball for a fraction of the cost a pretty attractive alternative.
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Popete posted:I imagine part of it is they don't want to compete against themselves for ticket/concession money. The price of MLB games today makes seeing a AAA team with near MLB quality baseball for a fraction of the cost a pretty attractive alternative. I love minor league ball but it's a completely different experience.
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more falafel please posted:I love minor league ball but it's a completely different experience. It is but if you're talking about taking a family who maybe just wants to have a fun outing together and doesn't care as much about the on field product a minor league game is a hell of a lot cheaper.
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The Saints provided a unique experience even within the context of being minor league baseball. MLB will probably sanitize the product, sadly
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Oh boy, more ads https://twitter.com/markjburns88/status/1333853711081287681?s=21
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FlamingLiberal posted:Oh boy, more ads loving dumb as poo poo
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FlamingLiberal posted:Oh boy, more ads Oh gently caress off MLB.
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batting helmet decals look ridiculous but also there is 0 chance I will ever own a batting helmet so I'd prefer they went with those rather than sleeve patches
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Cubs getting Trump 2024 patches.
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alpha_destroy posted:My therapist has me sorting baseball cards before bed. Which is nice. And is helping. But anyway, that got me to look up Matt Harvey on BR. I don't know what I was expecting, but I was definitely surprised. His career ERA+ is underwater now, of course. But he still has a positive WAA which is kind of funny to me. Wonder how many pitchers have a combo like that. ERA+ under 100 but a positive wins above average. I looked it up with Stathead, there are 115 pitchers with this combo and at least 1000 innings pitched. Four are still active: Ivan Nova, Jeff Samardzija, Ian Kennedy, Rick Porcello. Pedro Astacio has the most WAA of this group, with 10.9 WAA and a 97 ERA+. Irv Young, who played from 1905 to 1911, had an 88 ERA+ and 0.1 WAA. Rick Sutcliffe has the most wins in the category, with a 171-139 record, 8.0 WAA, and 97 ERA+.
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Popete posted:I hope we can do another Chicagoon outting to a Dogs game next year. That was a lot of fun and they put on a good show. Also historic in that it was Big Z's last pro game.
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LeeMajors posted:Destroy capitalism 
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FlamingLiberal posted:Oh boy, more ads Can we trade this for getting rid of the expanded playoffs?
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IcePhoenix posted:The article I read seemed to think that the Twins likely footed most of the bill for that, because the Saints don't really need them. They already either sell out or mostly sell out all their games already. But, because their Taxi squad was at the Saints' home field this yeah, the Twins realized how convenient it is to have MLB ready players so close to their home park in case of needing a player ASAP when they're playing at home. 8/18/2011 Never forget  https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/6875671/joe-mauer-playing-right-field-short-handed-minnesota-twins
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tadashi posted:8/18/2011 Never forget This entire story is just peak 2011-2014 twins
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rickiep00h posted:Also historic in that it was Big Z's last pro game. I didn't go to the meetup, but I did see Big Z pitch an inning for the Dogs in a game that got rained out that year. He got shelled 
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Popete posted:I hope we can do another Chicagoon outting to a Dogs game next year. That was a lot of fun and they put on a good show. Good times  
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The Pussy Boss posted:Passan with the $$ on the Minor contract: I'm glad the Royals spent some money on a possibly good pitcher but that's a lot to pay for a guy who threw 50-some innings of bad baseball.
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Welp, it's non-tender day so things are gonna happen today. Maybe not good things, if a player you like gets cut, but they're gonna happen.
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