Happy Labor Day weekend! We’ve touched on Expansion a couple times in the past few weeks in this space, and in the comments we’ve talked about a couple of interesting “what-ifs” related to the side effects of Expansion, namely: What happens if we put MLB teams into existing AAA markets? How would two new MLB teams build out their affiliate farm systems? I’ve given … [Read more...] about Fun Thought Exercise on Minor League Expansion impact of MLB Expansion
John Smoltz’s ideas for Expansion are awesome
Hall of Famer and big baseball thinker John Smoltz. Photo via Atlanta Parent We talked about Manfred’s expansion floating last week, and lots of pundits out there are doing the same thought exercises related to where two new teams might pop up (Salt Lake City and Nashville … or maybe Portland and Charlotte), and then how we’d realign to go to an NFL-style 8 division … [Read more...] about John Smoltz’s ideas for Expansion are awesome
MLB Expansion is coming … along with even more realignment tumult?
A 40-year sustained record of … destruction of the sport, Manfred and Selig MLB’s commissioner has long been on the record saying that, once the league resolved the two big stadium issues it has had (Oakland and Tampa Bay), that they’d pursue expansion. He’s been saying this for years, and as recently as mid-2023 intimated the same. In fact, I wrote a big chunk of this … [Read more...] about MLB Expansion is coming … along with even more realignment tumult?
Harper curses out the Commissioner – is he right?
This is probably what Manfred wishes Harper had looked like during their clubhouse confrontation. Photo via GQ Magazine I wrote this post the day the event happened, but we’ve had one thing after another and now its 3 weeks on. None the less, it’s still a topic i’m pretty passionate about, so lets post this. So, the MLB commissioner (who works for the owners, lest we … [Read more...] about Harper curses out the Commissioner – is he right?
MLB Pipeline updates its top 30 post Draft
Your new #1 Nationals prospect, Eli Willits. Photo via MLBpipeline/Getty Images The third of the “big 3” scouting/prospect ranking shops (BA, Fangraphs, and MLBpipeline) updated and published its system top 30s this week, so following on similar analysis with the other two shops published, I thought i’d put out a review. So, here’s a look at how Mayo/Callis and the team at … [Read more...] about MLB Pipeline updates its top 30 post Draft