2024-25 MLB off-season news and notes discussion thread

[PanniniClaus]

Dude was actually one of the top rated umps, what a dumbass

MLB fires ump Hoberg for shared betting account

MLB fired umpire Pat Hoberg for "sharing" legal gambling accounts with a poker player who bet on baseball. MLB said there was no evidence Hoberg bet on baseball himself.

www.espn.com

That's what makes this so disappointing.. We have some really bad ones still working and a guy that was really good behind the plate, is gone.

 

[eojsmada]

Definitely sounds like Manfred is going to attempt some kind of Cap or harsher penalties for breaking through the luxury tax threshold in the next CBA.

Manfred: Fans concerned over no MLB salary cap

Rob Manfred says he is getting emails from fans concerned over MLB's lack of a salary cap following an offseason spending spree by the Dodgers.

www.espn.com

 

[Vamos Rafa]

That only works if the haters are forced to only make one meme per offseason when the Dodgers don’t win the World Series.

 

[eojsmada]

Connor Joe and Jason Heyward sign with the Padres

 

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Connor Joe and Jason Heyward sign with the Padres

That will show the Dodgers!

 

[SoupNazi]

 

[T REX]

I don't see the Tampa Bay Rays making here in the area. Sternburg wants more public funds for a stadium. Kick rocks. Unless baseball adopts a cap...the sport is not sustainable long term. Fans are done with the haves and the have nots. There's no new fans growing up either. Millenials and Zs aren't watching. Major stoppage incoming

 

[eojsmada]

I don't see the Tampa Bay Rays making here in the area. Sternburg wants more public funds for a stadium. Kick rocks. Unless baseball adopts a cap...the sport is not sustainable long term. Fans are done with the haves and the have nots. There's no new fans growing up either. Millenials and Zs aren't watching. Major stoppage incoming

Or....the current owner could just sell....

Rays owner reportedly being ‘pressured’ to sell team by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, other team owners

A sale is not imminent, but there are apparently several people in the league trying to convince Stu Sternberg to sell the Rays.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Or....the current owner could just sell....

Rays owner reportedly being ‘pressured’ to sell team by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, other team owners

A sale is not imminent, but there are apparently several people in the league trying to convince Stu Sternberg to sell the Rays.

sports.yahoo.com

It's always fun driving by the ruins of Tropicana Field just sitting there not getting worked on at all. I've defended Stu for the better part of a decade and it's nice knowing this is how I get repaid.

We are LOOONNNNGGGGG past "f*** this guy"

 

[T REX]

I don't see the Tampa Bay Rays making here in the area. Sternburg wants more public funds for a stadium. Kick rocks. Unless baseball adopts a cap...the sport is not sustainable long term. Fans are done with the haves and the have nots. There's no new fans growing up either. Millenials and Zs aren't watching. Major stoppage incoming

Or....the current owner could just sell....

Rays owner reportedly being ‘pressured’ to sell team by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, other team owners

A sale is not imminent, but there are apparently several people in the league trying to convince Stu Sternberg to sell the Rays.

sports.yahoo.com

Stu is a welfare queen. The organization is forced to sell off any decent player because they cannot afford to keep them.
Baseball sucks. I hope it dies a horrible death. They have a real long term problem with their fans dying off and nobody to replace them.

 

[eojsmada]

I don't see the Tampa Bay Rays making here in the area. Sternburg wants more public funds for a stadium. Kick rocks. Unless baseball adopts a cap...the sport is not sustainable long term. Fans are done with the haves and the have nots. There's no new fans growing up either. Millenials and Zs aren't watching. Major stoppage incoming

Stu is a welfare queen. The organization is forced to sell off any decent player because they cannot afford to keep them.
Baseball sucks. I hope it dies a horrible death. They have a real long term problem with their fans dying off and nobody to replace them.

Oh for sure...which is why I think a new owner who isn't a Peter Angelos clone, would probably be able to get Tampa back to being relevant. Honestly, what is needed is an actual baseball stadium where fans have an experience in and around the ballpark. The Trop just doesn't do that for anyone. And if Sternburg can't figure out that you have to give a little to get a little more...then I don't know what to tell him.