Robert Flores actually just said this in Ratings Reveal stream
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Red Sox:
Crochet - 89
Chapman - 88
Duran - 81Cardinal(s) were shown!
Svanson - 80White Sox with the saddest collection, with Montgomery at a 77, proving that SDS doesn't play favorites.
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Cardinal(s) were shown!
Svanson - 80Thanks.
Kind of interesting that Svanson ended as a 80 and stayed an 80 while Winn apparently dropped at least 4 OVR levels from an 83 down to a silver.
I assume it is because 2025 was Svanson's only year so there was no other history.
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@Dolenz_PSN It’s supposed to be the last 3 years, but that doesn’t really explain that discrepancy. SDS does weird things with rankings. Like keeping Mike Trout a diamond while making Machado a gold every year.
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@SaveFarris_PSN Don’t hate them for doing what the system has created and allowed. This is coming from a Pirates fan. If we could do what they are doing I’d be all for it. It’s legal and Scott Boras loves it, so the union loves it. The day of reckoning draws near though.
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@lhubison58_xbl, I'm with you. The Pirates are a perfect example. If you can't make enough money with PNC and Skenes on the bump every 5th day to field a competitive roster, you need to sell the team immediately to someone who can.
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There is a fix. A floor, a cap, and a revenue sharing system that goes near 50/50.
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I'm not going to lie, it feels a little gross as a Mets fan to overpay for players where other teams can't.
But the flip side is that the organization has been doing a good job lately with the farm system, and that is always fun to root for
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A salary system hasn’t eliminated the Browns, the dodgers will still be good because of their development and identification of talent is great. It just levels the playing field.
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Talking about the Dodgers collection
"The best card in the game is your credit card".
I don't think that was probably something SDS wanted stated during an official promotional stream.
Woof. What a terrible look for SDS. I mean, that’s absolutely abhorrent.
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Nutting makes too much money off the Pirates. He Will not sell them. The ONLY hope is a salary cap floor. I think with revenue sharing in place, this is the fairest way to do it. At that point yes, if you are not gonna spend the money, you have to sell to someone that will. Rich owners at this point need to push the cheap owners out of the league.
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The ONLY hope is a salary cap floor. I think with revenue sharing in place, this is the fairest way to do it.
Can't agree. I have to be ideologically consistent. And I can also point to a recent example to back up my hypothesis: the 2012-2016 Astros. They stripped everything to the bone and were Bottom 3 in payroll 5 years running. And all it did was lead to 2 Titles, 3 Pennants, and 8 straight Playoff appearances.
Would the 2014 Astros have been better off signing middle-tier FAs like Joe Nathan and Rafael Furcal instead of letting rookies Dallas Keuchel and George Springer take all the reps?
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The ONLY hope is a salary cap floor. I think with revenue sharing in place, this is the fairest way to do it.
Can't agree. I have to be ideologically consistent. And I can also point to a recent example to back up my hypothesis: the 2012-2016 Astros. They stripped everything to the bone and were Bottom 3 in payroll 5 years running. And all it did was lead to 2 Titles, 3 Pennants, and 8 straight Playoff appearances.
Would the 2014 Astros have been better off signing middle-tier FAs like Joe Nathan and Rafael Furcal instead of letting rookies Dallas Keuchel and George Springer take all the reps?
That's very fair, but they also hit on most of those top picks which is still such a crapshoot in baseball. Mark Appel was a big miss. Springer/Correa/Bregman on the other hand ended up being the backbone of those championship teams.
Again, not knocking how they rebuilt, but you still need a little luck with these big picks to pan out and they struck gold three times in that span.
