MLB 2018

[WestwayKid]

have a working title for the documentary: "The Little 108 Win Team with the Highest Payroll in MLB History That Could"

That made me think to look at the latest payroll numbers, and holy hell how are the Giants the #2 biggest payroll? Talk about money for nothing.

they might still be paying Matt Cain?

No, but it looks like everyone they have is on a midsize veteran contract, rather than top-heavy and majority of roster filled with minimum salaries.

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/san-francis ... y/payroll/

[tepista]

have a working title for the documentary: "The Little 108 Win Team with the Highest Payroll in MLB History That Could"

That made me think to look at the latest payroll numbers, and holy hell how are the Giants the #2 biggest payroll? Talk about money for nothing.

they might still be paying Matt Cain?

Look at the bucks they dumped on Posey, Cueto, and Samardzija this season. Cueto and Samardzija hardly pitched and Posey was up and down with injuries before being shut down for good in August.

...and yes...they paid Cain $7,500,000 in dead salary this year!

I'd take a chance on Cueto in a trade. Not on an opt-out though, that would be too expensive.

[Dr. Medulla]

have a working title for the documentary: "The Little 108 Win Team with the Highest Payroll in MLB History That Could"

That made me think to look at the latest payroll numbers, and holy hell how are the Giants the #2 biggest payroll? Talk about money for nothing.

they might still be paying Matt Cain?

Look at the bucks they dumped on Posey, Cueto, and Samardzija this season. Cueto and Samardzija hardly pitched and Posey was up and down with injuries before being shut down for good in August.

...and yes...they paid Cain $7,500,000 in dead salary this year!

Luckily they've got Panda for next to nothing.

[tepista]

Speaking of the Giants, here's what they're doing with the money they saved by trading Andrew McCutcheon
https://thinkprogress.org/san-francisco ... 7xZQaJbWwI

[Dr. Medulla]

Speaking of the Giants, here's what they're doing with the money they saved by trading Andrew McCutcheon
https://thinkprogress.org/san-francisco ... 7xZQaJbWwI

They can't be racist. They pay Negroes lots of money.

[Inder]

[Dr. Medulla]

Oh lord, Mitch Williams' brother is going to be coming back to defend the family honour.

[WestwayKid]

Ugh. I’m a bit tipsy and living and dying on every pitch. This is huge for Milwaukee if we can take it to G7. Milwaukee has a lot of very passionate baseball fans. Myself included. I’ve dearly loved this club since I was a kid. We’re the smallest market in baseball. We don’t make the post season that often. This means a lot. Just to get to Game 7 - give this city a chance to avenge 1959 (look it up). Did I mention I’ve been drinking?

[BostonBeaneater]

Ugh. I’m a bit tipsy and living and dying on every pitch. This is huge for Milwaukee if we can take it to G7. Milwaukee has a lot of very passionate baseball fans. Myself included. I’ve dearly loved this club since I was a kid. We’re the smallest market in baseball. We don’t make the post season that often. This means a lot. Just to get to Game 7 - give this city a chance to avenge 1959 (look it up). Did I mention I’ve been drinking?

I was so cocked last night I was talking to rabbits on the walk home.

[WestwayKid]

I’m getting blind drunk tomorrow!!

[tepista]

I’m getting blind drunk tomorrow!!

Me too. That's incidental though.

Good game, I watched with a Dodger fan.

[Dr. Medulla]

Ideally, it'll be 10-0 Brewer after the first inning, and the rest of the game is spent going after Machado.

[BostonBeaneater]

I guess I’d like the Brew crew. It’s tough to pull for either team since I’ll be wishing the winner ill seconds after the game is decided.

[revbob]

I always used to be a hardcore AL fan when it came to the WS and all star game. But its pretty impossible for me to root for the Sox, Houston or Cleveland (unless they want to drop the racist shit). I could go for pretty much any other AL team. That said there's only a few NL teams I can feel good siding with, Nats/Expos, Cubs, Brewers, Pirates, Rockies.

[Dr. Medulla]

I always used to be a hardcore AL fan when it came to the WS and all star game. But its pretty impossible for me to root for the Sox, Houston or Cleveland (unless they want to drop the racist shit). I could go for pretty much any other AL team. That said there's only a few NL teams I can feel good siding with, Nats/Expos, Cubs, Brewers, Pirates, Rockies.

I used to be solidly NL in the WS (assuming the Sox weren't in it) because it otherwise meant cheering for one of Boston's AL rivals. But I'm a lot less dogmatic about that now, instead going by the more touchy-feely quality of likeability. That's one thing this year's model of Red Sox has over previous WS contenders—they've got a lot of really likeable players that run counter to the asshole fanbase. The Yankees are in the same situation, too, especially once they let Gardner go away. I mean, honestly, Betts and Judge are really easy to cheer for, even if you hate their team.