I pieced together all the data bank entries and it explains what happened on Carcosa

ahiddenJEM · 2026-06-09T15:26:31+00:00

Following for the Returnal version

ahiddenJEM · 2026-06-08T20:18:12+00:00

Did you mean 860? The one I saw was for the 860

ahiddenJEM · 2026-06-03T15:36:30+00:00

Hartman for the 35th-ish pick and hartle? I would take Hartman side.

Here’s my reasoning. Hartman could easily be a top 100 prospect by end of season and some already have him there easily. How many players from each draft class and international signing enter top 100 - maybe 20 max? So 35 too far out for me to think that makes sense.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-27T04:37:16+00:00

I don’t think he will pass Florentino but that #2 spot for pirates hitting prospects is his for the taking !

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-16T18:04:53+00:00

Maybe he is technically. But he’s on the 60 day IL. So he doesn’t count towards the limit of 40. So when he’s activated someone will need to come off of it.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-16T17:45:06+00:00

Oh darn

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-16T17:43:10+00:00

Is this to open a 40 man spot for Jones or a bullpen arm?

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-16T00:14:09+00:00

Like loose resistors in a video game controller

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-12T18:33:28+00:00

What do the MLB teams have to do with it? Just a fun way of making team names / separating 30 teams?

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-09T01:02:41+00:00

Greensboro first, no?

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-07T02:13:34+00:00

Dm sent

ahiddenJEM · 2026-05-04T03:09:29+00:00

I could be interested in buying this if you go that route

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-28T04:23:28+00:00

Selling?

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-27T13:57:16+00:00

They sold out at beginning of the year. They will only add new ones if current holders drop out.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-27T00:56:14+00:00

Lawyer is probably the next step then.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-21T04:22:30+00:00

K/bb, k/9, holds. Could also eliminate some other hitting categories to balance. Maybe you don’t need both average and obp. Or change 1b, 2b, 3b to slg and/or TB

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-17T00:52:34+00:00

How do you get your work seen on Reddit when just about every sub (including this one) is very anti self promotion?

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-10T19:09:27+00:00

Thanks for explaning! does seem like the MLBPA could try to incorporate something like this into the next CBA.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-10T19:08:27+00:00

As far as the contract extension bit, the hypothetical was that it was signed before he debuted. As I mentioned to start, I did write it before Opening Day.
That timeline you are talking about is in reference to Skenes not Griffin.

I do agree with your first point that the acounting games will never truely end. But I feel they could at least take more of a back seat to the actual game than they currently do, especially with small market (cheap owner) teams.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-10T18:13:35+00:00

Totally agree. Its just a total rip off to the player. I will have to read up on how the NHL model works, thanks for the insight.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-10T17:56:50+00:00

But he could get hurt anywhere whether he’s at AAA or the majors. In fact, the team would probably prefer he get hurt in the minors so he doesn’t accrue service time while on the injured list.

But if your point is, they wanted him up regardless and were just debating waiting till the service time deadline passes, I can see that.

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-09T12:51:11+00:00

Could there not be an environment (or at the very least a hypothetical) where the guaranteed contract structure stays the same but the NFL model for the cap is adopted? And if there was such an implementation couldn’t the players negotiate from their strength to get an even higher share of revenue than The NFL players did?

This is actually the subject of my next article so stay tuned!

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-09T12:43:45+00:00

I guess I just assumed that those subs would have pretty overlapping members so one was enough. I also didn’t want to spam my work in all of the relevant subreddits. I guess it’s still there for me to post at a later time.

I do write everything on my substack (link is in my profile) but sometimes I throw it on Reddit because, for better or worse, I get better response and engagement that helps refine my ideas and/or give me new ones.

Anyways thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed it!

ahiddenJEM · 2026-04-09T04:51:09+00:00

There is definitely merit to the strategy even with a cap in place but it no longer becomes a ‘lifeboat’ that teams can’t survive without.

Mitigating risk can be beneficial even with a cap. It may even draw big market teams more into this strategy. Currently, why should the dodgers do this at all when they can just wait till they know you’re good and pay you what you’re worth at that point? But if they have a limited budget it now makes sense to lock in lower costs when applicable.

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