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I saw on FB that FOX9 and some outer rims of Twins territory are going to broadcast 10 Twins games over the air this season. My mom is excited (I offered her my MLB login info but she politely declined 😆)
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My April Fools is sitting in a hospital room with grandpaS. He fell yesterday and fractured his skull. Right in front of me, but I wasn't able to react quickly enough to stop it.
Anyhoo, he's stable and in good spirits. But they haven't told him (yet) that he's getting a second night here.
When a pitcher gets called up, appears in one game, and is immediately sent back to the minors, I think they should receive service time/pay representing the number of days they’ll be unavailable to pitch rather than merely the one day they actually spent on the roster.
In other words, a spot starter would receive four days of service time and salary, while a reliever would receive two or three based on their pitch count. That would either encourage teams not to use pitchers and toss them aside, or at least give the pitchers a more representative compensation when it happens.
It’s logically and morally disturbing that teams can call someone up to start a game and throw 75-100 pitches, and then just send them back to the minors with a single day of big-league service time and salary. And then fill the roster spot with another pitcher and do the same thing.
I’d also be in favor of players claimed off waivers during the offseason needing to remain on the 40-man roster for a set number of days in order to keep teams from claiming and discarding them repeatedly as the player gets stuck in waiver limbo.
Front offices will inevitably find and exploit service-time and roster loopholes, so it’s important to push back against it with rules that benefit a group of players who are already the least compensated and fight for every chance they get in the majors.
Overall, I like it. It would at least limit teams' ability to use players on unfavorable contracts as a 27th roster spot.
I think tying compensation to availability is an ethical approach.
However, I doubt it’d be a deterrent to well-financed teams’ continued use of single-serving pitchers. Both parties should find a way to address this problem in the next CBA: the league should have competitive balance and performance considerations that regulate the number of pitchers on a roster, and the player’s union should want to see players compensated ethically based on their workloads & availability.
It is pretty ridiculous that MLB teams can get away with paying for only a single day of MLB service and service time. It seems like every player should be entitled to a little more consideration. Maybe a 3-day minimum would be reasonable?
4-5 would make more sense for pitchers. Position players should get service time plus one day for getting to the majors and one day for getting to the minors (which would be a minimum of 3.)
I saw on FB that FOX9 and some outer rims of Twins territory are going to broadcast 10 Twins games over the air this season. My mom is excited (I offered her my MLB login info but she politely declined 😆)
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My April Fools is sitting in a hospital room with grandpaS. He fell yesterday and fractured his skull. Right in front of me, but I wasn't able to react quickly enough to stop it.
Anyhoo, he's stable and in good spirits. But they haven't told him (yet) that he's getting a second night here.
Uffda, that’s scary. Sending him good wishes for a steady & full recovery.
Thanks. He's still in ICU, but only because they are waiting for a regular bed to open up.
He is in our prayers.
Gleeman is doing an AMA today and he had a rule change regarding the Twins DFA'ing Dobnak after one game.
Overall, I like it. It would at least limit teams' ability to use players on unfavorable contracts as a 27th roster spot.
I think tying compensation to availability is an ethical approach.
However, I doubt it’d be a deterrent to well-financed teams’ continued use of single-serving pitchers. Both parties should find a way to address this problem in the next CBA: the league should have competitive balance and performance considerations that regulate the number of pitchers on a roster, and the player’s union should want to see players compensated ethically based on their workloads & availability.
It is pretty ridiculous that MLB teams can get away with paying for only a single day of MLB service and service time. It seems like every player should be entitled to a little more consideration. Maybe a 3-day minimum would be reasonable?
4-5 would make more sense for pitchers. Position players should get service time plus one day for getting to the majors and one day for getting to the minors (which would be a minimum of 3.)