re: Tiger Nation @ Red Soxs-Astros game

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A trade is more difficult for smaller markets as players are less likely to want to play there and the money isnt around to keep trading for top talent.

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This statement makes it clear that you have absolutely no concept of what a trade is vs. a free agent signing.

With very few exceptions, and those belonging only to those who had previously signed large contracts and can block trades to certain teams via no-trade clauses, , baseball players have no say whatsoever in what teams they are traded to. None. So your statement about "players are less likely to want to play there" is just silly rambling, and is completely irrevelant to the concept of trading of MLB players.

As far as having the resources to TRADE for high-level players, small market teams are at no disadvantage, because they have their full complement of 50 draft picks every season to stock their minor league teams. No team has ever been able to say they had a bad baseball draft because they had traded away any draft picks, which of course you can't do in baseball.

I certainly agree that once players have earned enough active roster seasons to become eligible for free agency, small market teams are at a definite disadvantage. Which is why I stressed TRADES as opposed to free agency.

Either you weren't thinking clearly when you posted that remark, or you are really clueless about the difference between trades and free agency in baseball.


( I agree this belongs on the MSB - just tired of people lumping all Red Sox fans under the "bandwagoner" heading. They have had tons of fans for many, many decades, long before 2004. I started following them 10 years before the oldest active player (Tim Wakefield) was even born. And I too hate the big free agent signings - baseball was more fun when there was still a reserve clause, i.e., no free agency.)