2024 MLB Season

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

So the Dodgers got Ohtani, and now they traded for Glasnow and Margot, and are signing Glasnow to a 5-year, $135M extension (probably paying him $2M and deferring the rest for a decade ). Good grief, is there anyone the Dodgers can't get?

Sure is a different approach from Boston's, huh?

[SparzWizard]

Rocknroll, here's more for the Dodgers:

Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to terms to join the  Los Angeles Dodgers, according to ESPN. The deal is worth $325 million for 12 years, sources say.

Next thing you know, they'll sign Lionel Messi and LeBron James. LA Dodgers the new LA Lakers, signing all these stars and forming superteam

[Birdman]

These deferred payments going to hurt small markets team cause big market will have money till end of time

[greg683x]

These deferred payments going to hurt small markets team cause big market will have money till end of tit

I agree.

I’ve been a long supporter of a hard cap in baseball to create more parity but a lot of folks don’t like it.

I think banning deferred money and significantly raising minimum payroll requirements might be something that can be more universally agreed upon

[Roy H.]

Rocknroll, here's more for the Dodgers:

Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to terms to join the  Los Angeles Dodgers, according to ESPN. The deal is worth $325 million for 12 years, sources say.

Next thing you know, they'll sign Lionel Messi and LeBron James. LA Dodgers the new LA Lakers, signing all these stars and forming superteam

Wow.  They added Glasnow and Yamamoto to their pitching staff, along with their lineup of MVP candidates.

It makes sense.  The Dodgers *should* spend.  They're the #2 team in MLB revenue.  #3?  The Boston Red Sox.  The difference is that the Red Sox use their franchise for profit (#3 in baseball), rather than reinvesting it into the team.  While teams like the Dodgers and Yankees are bringing in $14 million - $16 million in operating revenue (profits), the Red Sox are raking in $72 million.

[Phantom255x]

We'll see if they surprise us and make some moves, but honestly the way it's trending I probably won't have much if any interest in the Red Sox next season. The last few years have already been rough with all the penny-pinching, lack of trade deadline activity, etc. Even now it sounds like they are just gonna stay under the luxury tax. Cool.

I'm not gonna say that you shouldn't go to a game if you want to enjoy the experience maybe with kids or younger folks during the summer, but having Fenway looking empty for most of this season would certainly send a message. TV ratings were already dropping for the Sox as is since 2021.

The MLB literally added an extra playoff spot to each league, and both years the Sox came last in the division and frankly finished pretty far from the 6th spot in the AL. That's just pathetic for what's supposed to be a "big market/historic" franchise.

[SparzWizard]

Rocknroll, here's more for the Dodgers:

Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to terms to join the  Los Angeles Dodgers, according to ESPN. The deal is worth $325 million for 12 years, sources say.

Next thing you know, they'll sign Lionel Messi and LeBron James. LA Dodgers the new LA Lakers, signing all these stars and forming superteam

Wow.  They added Glasnow and Yamamoto to their pitching staff, along with their lineup of MVP candidates.

It makes sense.  The Dodgers *should* spend.  They're the #2 team in MLB revenue.  #3?  The Boston Red Sox.  The difference is that the Red Sox use their franchise for profit (#3 in baseball), rather than reinvesting it into the team.  While teams like the Dodgers and Yankees are bringing in $14 million - $16 million in operating revenue (profits), the Red Sox are raking in $72 million.

Investing on team helps make profit for them. Of course the Red Sox have clueless ownership/leadership running the show. Sign a guy like Shohei and you'll generate tons of revenue and skyrocketing prices lol

[Silas]

Rocknroll, here's more for the Dodgers:

Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to terms to join the  Los Angeles Dodgers, according to ESPN. The deal is worth $325 million for 12 years, sources say.

Next thing you know, they'll sign Lionel Messi and LeBron James. LA Dodgers the new LA Lakers, signing all these stars and forming superteam

Wow.  They added Glasnow and Yamamoto to their pitching staff, along with their lineup of MVP candidates.

It makes sense.  The Dodgers *should* spend.  They're the #2 team in MLB revenue.  #3?  The Boston Red Sox.  The difference is that the Red Sox use their franchise for profit (#3 in baseball), rather than reinvesting it into the team.  While teams like the Dodgers and Yankees are bringing in $14 million - $16 million in operating revenue (profits), the Red Sox are raking in $72 million.

Investing on team helps make profit for them. Of course the Red Sox have clueless ownership/leadership running the show. Sign a guy like Shohei and you'll generate tons of revenue and skyrocketing prices lol

I'm confused, how can Red Sox ownership be clueless and also be #3 in revenue and profit for MLB?  BTW, they need to sign a #1 pitcher...maybe Snell?

[Phantom255x]

They need to sign Montgomery AND EITHER sign Imanaga OR trade for a pitcher like Burnes.

Short of that, it'll be a very disappointing offseason yet again for this team, and the rotation will still have a bunch of question marks going in

[Roy H.]

Rocknroll, here's more for the Dodgers:

Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to terms to join the  Los Angeles Dodgers, according to ESPN. The deal is worth $325 million for 12 years, sources say.

Next thing you know, they'll sign Lionel Messi and LeBron James. LA Dodgers the new LA Lakers, signing all these stars and forming superteam

Wow.  They added Glasnow and Yamamoto to their pitching staff, along with their lineup of MVP candidates.

It makes sense.  The Dodgers *should* spend.  They're the #2 team in MLB revenue.  #3?  The Boston Red Sox.  The difference is that the Red Sox use their franchise for profit (#3 in baseball), rather than reinvesting it into the team.  While teams like the Dodgers and Yankees are bringing in $14 million - $16 million in operating revenue (profits), the Red Sox are raking in $72 million.

Investing on team helps make profit for them. Of course the Red Sox have clueless ownership/leadership running the show. Sign a guy like Shohei and you'll generate tons of revenue and skyrocketing prices lol

I'm confused, how can Red Sox ownership be clueless and also be #3 in revenue and profit for MLB?  BTW, they need to sign a #1 pitcher...maybe Snell?

I don't think they're clueless, at least at the ownership level.  I think they're making a fully informed decision to maximize profits. 

[Donoghus]

Amazing how an ownership that has won 4 titles in 20 years has managed to almost completely alienate their fanbase.

[Donoghus]

Rocknroll, here's more for the Dodgers:

Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to terms to join the  Los Angeles Dodgers, according to ESPN. The deal is worth $325 million for 12 years, sources say.

Next thing you know, they'll sign Lionel Messi and LeBron James. LA Dodgers the new LA Lakers, signing all these stars and forming superteam

Wow.  They added Glasnow and Yamamoto to their pitching staff, along with their lineup of MVP candidates.

It makes sense.  The Dodgers *should* spend.  They're the #2 team in MLB revenue.  #3?  The Boston Red Sox.  The difference is that the Red Sox use their franchise for profit (#3 in baseball), rather than reinvesting it into the team.  While teams like the Dodgers and Yankees are bringing in $14 million - $16 million in operating revenue (profits), the Red Sox are raking in $72 million.

Investing on team helps make profit for them. Of course the Red Sox have clueless ownership/leadership running the show. Sign a guy like Shohei and you'll generate tons of revenue and skyrocketing prices lol

I'm confused, how can Red Sox ownership be clueless and also be #3 in revenue and profit for MLB?  BTW, they need to sign a #1 pitcher...maybe Snell?

I don't think they're clueless, at least at the ownership level.  I think they're making a fully informed decision to maximize profits.

Does that include the $67 they're gonna get from the Wasabi Bowl? 

[ozgod]

Amazing how an ownership that has won 4 titles in 20 years has managed to almost completely alienate their fanbase.

It's because they don't seem to care. Totally uninterested in their baseball team, much more interested in Liverpool and the Penguins. But yes they're paying attention to the Benjamins rolling in.

[ozgod]

Meanwhile the Dodgers have undergone baseball's first billion dollar offseason with the $325m signing of Yoshinobu Yamamoto to go with the $700m for Shohei.

https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/yamamoto-ohtani-dodgers-mlb-52a03883?mod=hp_lead_pos11

[hwangjini_1]

Amazing how an ownership that has won 4 titles in 20 years has managed to almost completely alienate their fanbase.

It's because they don't seem to care. Totally uninterested in their baseball team, much more interested in Liverpool and the Penguins. But yes they're paying attention to the Benjamins rolling in.

30 teams wanted Yamamoto. 29 teams failed to get Yamamoyo. did all 29 of those teams not "care?" did the mets, whose offer the dodgers matched, not care? did the yamkees who offered $300 million not care? or SF who also begged yamamoto to please take $300 million of their money?

in the typical lamenting of red sox fans we can twist this into "cheap sox ownership" and poor baseball operations. but really it was neither of those things.

the sox were always the longest of shots to land a free agent who was coveted by both the dicky dodgers and the MFY.

with distance and perspective, we will recognize that the team and fans that will find this news terrifying are those following the yankees. the evil empire has migrated west and the MFY were left behind in the same way they routinely left behind other teams.

the stinky yankees pulled out every stop in their pursuit of yamamoto and were leaking through the media that they “were feeling good” about their chances. it is now obvious that they (and all teams but the dodgers) never stood a chance.

it is quite clear that the dodgers told yamamoto to go get the very best offer he could find and they would match it. so, he got the desperate mets to go to $325, and the dodgers matched it as promised, opt outs included.

yamamoto went where he always wanted to be. in this new world when the Dodgers want someone, THEY are now the team that gets him. Mookie? sure. ohtani? easy peasy, it's only money. and now yamamoto.

this very distressing for a MFY fan. (the silver lining i suppose).

us sox fans? this has long been the way for us. twist it how you want, it is disappointing, but it was not a lack of "care" by sox owners.