re: MLB teams won't sign players they don't want to pay for...

Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:30 am to Tiger Ugly

Posted by tduecen

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Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:30 am to Tiger Ugly

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And with post-season issues

He had a bad series against the Astros, prior to that he was fine in the playoffs... He had a 3.52 ERA over 4 previous playoff starts

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Posted by SeeeeK

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Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:40 am to tduecen

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i think a big part of it is that the lower 15 tv markets who get regional tv money from everyone need stricter rules on plugging that money back into baseball operations

The Pirates are the dirtiest, when it comes to this shite. I thought MLB made a rule, because of the pirates using all their salary tax rebates for Exec bonuses. MLB was pissed off big time, when some one in Pittsburgh outed them and their practices. I know several of the teams paying them salary tax cash were.

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Posted by Tiger Ugly

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Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:58 am to tduecen

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He had a bad series against the Astros, prior to that he was fine in the playoffs... He had a 3.52 ERA over 4 previous playoff starts

Fair enough....3.52 is decent not great, 3 good outings and two terrible ones in 5 appearances. Cubs let him off the ropes early last year, he hung a few meatballs and they just missed 'em..... but you gonna break the bank for that?

Jake's ERA is 3.08 in 8 total post-season starts without even throwing his worst one out. They are the same age. And Yu has a pretty serious arm injury to boot.

They both want 6-year deals. Cubs are desperate to sign one more starter. Having said all that I'd take Yu over Jake but either deal is frought with significant down the line issues.

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