Posted on 02/19/2019 10:16:38 AM PST by DFG
It’s over.
The long offseason of Manny Machado can end after the All-Star infielder agreed to a deal with the Padres on Tuesday. The Post confirmed San Diego will give Machado the biggest free-agent contract in history — if not the biggest deal ever, which belongs to Giancarlo Stanton — meeting his reported 10-year, $300 million ask.
This ends the saga that included the Yankees, White Sox and Phillies, all who met with the former Oriole. The Padres, one of baseball’s youngest teams, are an odd fit, yet they must picture the 26-year-old will still be a star when their young prospects grow.
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Maybe now Boras and Harper will finally sign...
WOW. He signed a minor league contract?
Is Machado the punk who acted like a street thug in the NL playoffs against MIL last year?
Maybe will payoff down the road? Padres don’t look to be contenders in 2019.
$300 million for 10 years sounds like quite a gamble.
No, they don’t.
Advanced Stats says that Machado alone is worth about 6-8 wins per year. SD was 66-96 last year without him. So a big year makes them 76-86.
At least SD is trying. Which is more than can be said for half of the rest of the league.
Boras, Harper and the Phillies will probably sign.
The Yankees missed out on Harper and Machado.
The Yankees don’t want to go back to the 2002-2013 days of overpaid, underproductive free-agents like A-Rod, who only delivered one title (2009).
I hear you. It’s disturbing to hear teams are “tanking” and essentially writing off being competitive. Yet at the same time, they expect their fans to keep paying and coming to the games, and watching on TV.
My money is still on the Nats but as a fan I don't care any more. The Nats will have a great outfield with or without him and his bat hasn't been worth that kind of money since 2015.
And yet MLB had record revenues last year.
Still, you can tell they are starting to get nervous. The average MLB fan is aging. I’m 50 and my kids couldn’t care less about baseball. Don’t get me wrong, if the Yankees are in the World Series they’d watch. But otherwise, they follow from afar and don’t buy shirts/hats etc.
This is why baseball is tinkering with all these rules to speed up the game. But installing pitch clocks, and minimizing the amount of batters each pitcher must face shortens the game from say 3:05 to 2:50. Does that really matter?
The length is not why they’re not watching. To them, it’s boring. They want instant gratification. They want constant action. They’re not interested in nuance; long term strategy and the build up of tension.
It’s a shame. But I bet my kids kids won’t play baseball unless they’ve moved to a part of the country where Lacrosse doesn’t exist and baseball is still huge.
They went from not spending a dime to breaking the bank.
Yes, don’t the Padres have a reputation for not spending money? Once several years ago they did but the season wasn’t going as well as they had hoped I think they started unloading the high-price players.
The NFL is was and will be a beast. It’s almost untouchable.
Kids play football with their friends. They don’t play baseball. They buy hats, sneakers that have been endorsed, jerseys, shirts, mugs....
The TV revenue is off the charts. The NFL isn’t going anywhere. They’re past the kneeling, they’re past Kaepernick....
Full steam ahead.
There is going to be strike this year. This one could last more than a season.
Don’t expect him to leg-out pop ups or infield hits. Because he won’t. Not for 300 Million, anyways....
Same here. My kids and other young people I know, have no interest in baseball. We have gone to some games, and they get bored and don’t really watch the game much.
I’ve noticed the same among other people at the ballpark too. I recall decades ago, going to ballgames, and talking baseball with fans sitting next to me. I try that today, and it becomes clear that my neighboring fans have little knowledge of the game or strategic moves being made.
Baseball may have good attendance and record revenues due to these casual fans, who go to the ballpark but aren’t really fans. If these casual fans find something else to do, baseball will be in big financial trouble.
This week it was a flag fest. I have to assume that the NFL didn't like being criticized with the comparison and put the word out: call it like we do or else. It was fun while it lasted (all of one week)
I’m just shocked it wasn’t the Rangers that overpaid.
I can’t think of a single mega-deal in Baseball that was not a bad deal for the team.
In baseball, once a player has free agency, they are almost over the hill.
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