Comments on: Progress being made in labor negotiations; deal could be done this week

By: sportsdrenched.com

sportsdrenched.com — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:45:01 +0000

I know other teams do it. After all, if I figured it out surely people who get paid to do this stuff have figured it out.

This was a huge change in organizational behavior to the better for Royals fans, and now it will most likely go away.

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:52:32 +0000

That market inefficiency has been used for an awfully long time, but it’s strange what teams use it and what teams don’t. Along with draft spending in general, it seems to have very little to do with the payroll or competitiveness of the team. For instance, the Red Sox and Yankees do it a lot, while the Mets and Angels almost never do. The Royals and Pirates and Nationals have been doing it, but not the As or Rays or Marlins.

Agreed though that, in general, hard slotting would hurt the rebuilding teams more.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:49:55 +0000

Last year was a record for draft bonus… and the average team spent less than $8 million. What the deuce is the problem, again?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:02:14 +0000

Amen. No hard slotting, plz.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:52:12 +0000

Once again, the owners want to use the CBA to control their own behavior.

By: aaronmoreno

aaronmoreno — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:44:07 +0000

Hard slotting means losing players to football and basketball.

By: sknut

sknut — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:12:01 +0000

This is good news. After labor Armageddon in Football and now Basketball its nice that MLB is taking care of its business.

By: sportsdrenched.com

sportsdrenched.com — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:39:11 +0000

The Royals have found a market inefficiency in drafting and signing players that fell to lower rounds of the draft because of their preceived contract demands.

I know it’s counter intuitive, but I think hard slotting would hurt the Royals competitive chances more than help. Do not confuse that with David Glass’s ability to make money…which is probably why he’s pushing for it.

By: cintiphil

cintiphil — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:30:26 +0000

And, realign the Brewers to the AL.