Proposed changes sound good to me. I like the one about stadium renovations - might be able to put some of that cash to adding a couple thousand more seats so we can pack in more fans per game!
Bringing back Type A sounds good, too. I thought about a WAR rule, like maybe most recent 3 years or something. Seems like some 5-star guys might have a down year so it would make sense to use something more than the most recent year's WAR. However, older guys that have declining skills might be over-valued when looking at historical WAR they provided. Not sure if there's a good solution there.
Maybe just do something like looking at 3-5 star rated guys (actual stars, not potential). These seem to be the guys that are tough to replace in free agency. Or maybe it's just a manual process like you mentioned since I'm sure there would be exceptions to that kind or rule, too. I always liked how the first half of the draft had their first round picks protected so hopefully that will continue.
I can't think of anything really new to suggest. I thought more wealth distribution on the luxury tax to help out the smaller market teams, but most of them are flush with cash so I'm not sure that money is a real issue to a lot of teams in the league.
Seems like a lot of teams are running out of ways to spend money. I guess we'll just end up spending more on extensions and free agents - like that deal that Juan Cabrera got a couple years ago. I actually thought there would be 5-6 teams in position to make that kind of deal, given the amount of cash a lot of teams have. Problem is that there just aren't that many guys coming into the league each year commanding that much $. Free agent pools have been pretty weak the last few years. Maybe more of the talented minor league players will keep emerging and salaries will go up in the coming years.
Eric
Bringing back Type A sounds good, too. I thought about a WAR rule, like maybe most recent 3 years or something. Seems like some 5-star guys might have a down year so it would make sense to use something more than the most recent year's WAR. However, older guys that have declining skills might be over-valued when looking at historical WAR they provided. Not sure if there's a good solution there.
Maybe just do something like looking at 3-5 star rated guys (actual stars, not potential). These seem to be the guys that are tough to replace in free agency. Or maybe it's just a manual process like you mentioned since I'm sure there would be exceptions to that kind or rule, too. I always liked how the first half of the draft had their first round picks protected so hopefully that will continue.
I can't think of anything really new to suggest. I thought more wealth distribution on the luxury tax to help out the smaller market teams, but most of them are flush with cash so I'm not sure that money is a real issue to a lot of teams in the league.
Seems like a lot of teams are running out of ways to spend money. I guess we'll just end up spending more on extensions and free agents - like that deal that Juan Cabrera got a couple years ago. I actually thought there would be 5-6 teams in position to make that kind of deal, given the amount of cash a lot of teams have. Problem is that there just aren't that many guys coming into the league each year commanding that much $. Free agent pools have been pretty weak the last few years. Maybe more of the talented minor league players will keep emerging and salaries will go up in the coming years.
Eric
