Interesting development in the Tanaka posting...

brewerfan99 · Jan 7, 2014

The posting fee will be split over two years...
$13 million year one
$7 million year two
the theory is that it will bring in more teams willing to post the $20. You could spread it out over 20 years and my team ... The Brewers still couldn't afford to get involved.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/...rs.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

D-Lite · Jan 7, 2014

This is actually ridiculous. If you can't afford the $20 million posting fee how the hell are you going to afford the $120MM/6 yr contract??

RedSoxSoul · Jan 7, 2014

Considering how much was spent on Matsuzaka I can't believe there would need to be any spread on the $20M, not to mention all the TV money.

vwnut13 · Jan 7, 2014

What the should have done was made 5% of the posting fee non-refundable. The Japanese teams would then have more incentive to post their player.

But we all know that couldn't happen. A million dollars might bankrupt have of the teams in baseball.

rsmath · Jan 8, 2014

D-Lite said:
This is actually ridiculous. If you can't afford the $20 million posting fee how the hell are you going to afford the $120MM/6 yr contract??

+1. You can take your 2014 national tv money share and pay for the $20M posting fee and have about $4-5M left over for salary or operations from that revenue source.

maxe0213 · Jan 8, 2014

D-Lite said:
This is actually ridiculous. If you can't afford the $20 million posting fee how the hell are you going to afford the $120MM/6 yr contract??

Couldn't agree more.

IMO The MLB is a joke with all the spending rules nowadays. Trying as hard as they can to disallow teams with money to do anything. International signings, postings, draft slots. Rules for everything with huge hits for overspending. I'm not saying I want them to go back to where it was where it was just Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Angels, Rangers maybe a few other guys here and there buying all the talent but what good is all the revenue most of these large market teams make if they aren't allowed to use it on players and the team.

Punish every team who is willing to spend on talent because of the half the MLB's garbage owners who pocket every sort of profit imaginable. Most teams can afford the 20 million they just choose to take that 20 mil home instead of put it back into the team.

michaelstepper · Jan 8, 2014

maxe0213 said:
Couldn't agree more.

IMO The MLB is a joke with all the spending rules nowadays. Trying as hard as they can to disallow teams with money to do anything. International signings, postings, draft slots. Rules for everything with huge hits for overspending. I'm not saying I want them to go back to where it was where it was just Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Angels, Rangers maybe a few other guys here and there buying all the talent but what good is all the revenue most of these large market teams make if they aren't allowed to use it on players and the team.

Punish every team who is willing to spend on talent because of the half the MLB's garbage owners who pocket every sort of profit imaginable. Most teams can afford the 20 million they just choose to take that 20 mil home instead of put it back into the team.

Like the Astros? Didn't I read somewhere the tv money alone more than paid there entire team salary and they still don't sign anyone?

maxe0213 · Jan 8, 2014

michaelstepper said:
Like the Astros? Didn't I read somewhere the tv money alone more than paid there entire team salary and they still don't sign anyone?

Yeah the astros have money but they don't spend. It'll always be an ongoing issue. Most teams don't spend but then the big guys spend a ton and people don't agree on either side.

HPC · Jan 8, 2014

maxe0213 said:
Yeah the astros have money but they don't spend. It'll always be an ongoing issue. Most teams don't spend but then the big guys spend a ton and people don't agree on either side.

I'm definitely in favor of a Minimum Cap

maxe0213 · Jan 8, 2014

HPC said:
I'm definitely in favor of a Minimum Cap

+1

brewerfan99 · Jan 8, 2014

You don't necessarily need to spend huge money to be competitive ... the Twins did it for years. You just need to be really good at drafting, developing, and then trading away all your talent.

gmsieb · Jan 8, 2014

Cap at the top and bottom would be my wish

maxe0213 · Jan 8, 2014

gmsieb said:
Cap at the top and bottom would be my wish

I agree! Maybe then the Yankees could get smart about drafting/developing players lol. At least last draft looks promising for them.

I love the Yankees but hate the way they spend.

budvandall · Jan 8, 2014

brewerfan99 said:
You don't necessarily need to spend huge money to be competitive ... the Twins did it for years. You just need to be really good at drafting, developing, and then trading away all your talent.

+1. Tampa is good example.

brewerfan99 · Jan 8, 2014

budvandall said:
+1. Tampa is good example.

Exactly. How'd I forget them. The A 's too. Although on occasion they'll do one year contracts on oft injured veterans hoping to catch magic again

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