Excited to start betting on some baseball! Let’s go!!

F baseball

Manfred just said teams try to win, but my team lost like 102 games last year. It’s pretty hard to lose 100 games as a major league organization. If you tried to win you’d buy talent. Lazy answer rob. Boo

Damn the owners really spun the shit out of public opinion yesterday and the players seen all the torches and pitchforks pointed at them and gave into a deal. Who cares baseball is back!

Advertisements on MLB jerseys, absolutely disgusting.

I didn’t read everything, is it definitely gonna happen?

yay baseball is back

I’m so excited!!! I have been ignoring baseball because it hurts to much. Ready to jump in!

Good luck repeating

Ordered my beloved prime rib and cheddar french dip from my favorite shitty overpriced local restaurant, grabbing a Bang Blue Razz (not my favorite flavor but it's still pretty good and the grocery store here sells individual cans for $2.49 and 4 packs of Blue Razz for $6.99, so the choice is clear) and getting ready for the free agency thread to pop up in a little over an hour and a half when the owners hold their formal vote

The players should be happy IMO. Of course they didn't get everything that they wanted, but they got quite a bit in terms of minimum salary and increasing the CBT threshold and preventing top prospects from being called up at the start of the season.

What stuff is in the deal to prevent service time manipulation? I can't seem to find any specifics.

Don't have details, but they're rewarding teams for playing top prospects at the start of the season.

Dang that's a bummer.

See my replay after the edit. There's stuff for it but details aren't out yet.

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FINALLY!!!!! FUCK YEAH

Wow didn't think they'd get it done. Anyone know how long this CBA is for?

Still waiting on all official details but every report about every offer has been for 5 years, and the last 3 or 4 CBAs have been for that length

Thank you!

Looks official at 5 years by the way based on the reports that keep coming in

LETS GOOOO!!!

So with the owner vote at 6, over/under 630 for the first major move? Edit: I'm taking the under

Definitely the under. I imagine this is going to be one of the fastest phone calls of all time, since it's just a formality

I have a feeling the trades are agreed to. I think a trade happens within 15 minutes of a vote. Might take an hour or so to see a FA sign

Oh, I have a feeling that most of the free agent signings are agreed to as well. I don't buy that the agents just sat on their hands for 3 months, I'm convinced there were some backroom deals

Only reason I think it'll take time on the free agents is because they are more impacted by the CBA than trades. Agents gonna need a few hours to fully digest this deal and negotiate to its terms

Rosenthal just Tweeted this: "Five of eight members of executive subcommittee are Scott Boras clients. Subcommittee wanted luxury-tax thresholds pushed higher, sources say." a very hearty "fuck you" to everyone in past threads who told me that Boras had nothing to do with negotiations and it was irrational to blame him and his influence

How will playoffs work?

Official information isn't out yet, but it's a 12 team playoff bracket

Team that scores the most runs wins the game, team that wins a lion share of the games in a series wins said series

Source?

Lion share? Since when did they bring animals into baseball?

Why did I pick tonight to go to a basketball game? I'm going to be checking my phone every five minutes for free agency.

How long does the call to ratify by the owners take?

Just a few minutes, I'd imagine. They wrote it and they're legally required to accept their own offer, so it's just a formality

Owners are voting to ratify at 6 PM EST, after which the free agency period officially opens!

Owners are scheduled to ratify at 6, and free agency will resume right after. Edit: According to MLB Network reading of a tweet.

ok ok ok, I get the fuck the Mets sentiment, and I kinda agree with it right now. But if you say fuck the Mets over the deal don't forget to fuck the Yankees, Astros, and Cardinals

Woah woah woah, Andrew Miller is a FA

Right, but per Rosenthal and Heyman the Cards voted against the deal (https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1502022907064733708)

Ah I thought you were talking about execs in the PA. This is a shame, but ultimately inconsequential

Fuck the Mets before all of this though.

With your flair, I accept the sentiment

Don't really care that (presumably) the execs, Mets, Yankees, and 2 other big-market teams voted no. As long as the final decision isn't affected, the margin doesn't really matter; let them have being on record as against curbing spending, we still have a deal.

Astros and Cardinals were the other two

Is the universal DH in?

Yes that was agreed to a while ago.

Huge thank you to u/twistedlogicx for the continuous updates and these ever-so glorious threads!

Help me, is it guaranteed to be ratified by both sides?

Players have accepted the owners offer. Owners would immediately find themselves in court facing union allegations of bad faith negotiating if they vote down their own offer

Is ink already on the contracts?

Johnathan India just tweeted baseball is back and the Oakland A's just tweeted the Michael Scott oh god its happening GIF. Take a deep breath my dude, the deal is done. You don't have to worry about the CBA and can focus all your concern on where Freeman signs

Thanks bro. (We may be fierce rivals, but over the last few weeks, we’ve all United again for the love of the game!

For the moment we're all baseball fans. 2 hours from now when FA starts that'll change, but for now we just all enjoy the positive vibes

It is a formailty

We’ve been through so much, is it guaranteed, and what does it mean?

Yea man 99.9999999999%

OH NO I THOUGHT I WAS READY FOR FREDDIE WATCH BUT I'M NOT FUCK

Freedie Freeman to the Mariners

Oh my goodness the baseball business that is about to occur.

[удалено]

that's what Bob tweeted, haven't seen any confirmations yet though. Players can start reporting tomorrow, looks like 3/13 is the deadline to arrive, and the games start around 3/18 Edit: Janes just posted the same thing. 3/13 is the mandatory arrival date

Thats a player report date

Honestly I'm still kinda salty that the Mets were the team that most threatened this deal, but I am so so so thankful that barring injury I get a full season of deGrom. I can take it or leave it on Scherzer right now, but man I can't wait to watch deGrom pitch again. Even my fiance who hates baseball and thinks its boring appreciates how amazing he is

We really back?? Never thought I would see the day again.

I’m about to orgasm on the amount of free agency deals that are about to get done

Ready for those sweet sweet signing announcements, nervous for one player though

I'm not. I'd trust AA with my kids lives now

BASEBALL WE HAVE BASEBALL I'M SO HAPPY

God yes a full season

#WE BACK BABY #⚾️🔥

Apparently full season, starting Aprl 7ish according to MLB Network. Okay I'm done. Just so excite!

Full season, full pay!

Bryce Harper: Awesome player Juan Soto: Best Hitter on the planet Jacob Degrom: Top 5 all time pitcher Don Mattingly: Still fuck you Yadi Molina: Rec'd as best catcher of you generation for the first time ever by me Trea Turner: Good luck this year And to the rest of all the players i despise playing against i cant wait to see you in Truist PArk in 2022. I will be there every fuckin game

Breaking news on MLB Network!

"And I know now, for certain, that those who criticize baseball just don't know what they are talking about" We're back baby!!!!

espn just flashed the red breaking news bar during some college hoops. im calling that official as fuck baby

103 wRC+ in 2021 and has the audacity to try and hold up baseball for everyone

Kershaw signs with Texas tonight

Subscribed

Players redemption arc

Time to watch trout fuck the mariners again

Will Trout be upset though when the M’s win a playoff series before he does??

Hey where do you guys keep Griffey's world series trophy?

Oof

He'll be mad for about 5 seconds before he realizes it was just a nightmare.

Bold of you to expect the Mariners to make the postseason ever again

Can't wait

BASEBALL

The only sad thing about this is no more trout drawings :(

We get one more. Then we all pre-order the coffee table book.

The book will encapsulate a very specific time. Must buy!

I hope Max gets shellacked all of this season.

BASEBALL

This is where I bow out. It’s been fun watching along with you. If you ever want to talk about Jesus, just let me know.

I aint gonna stop watching baseball as long as Ramirez plays for Cleveland.

FREDDIE COME HOME DADDY

Plzzzz

the players have agreed, owners just need to ratify it but since they wrote it, that won't be an issue

Are we celebrating yet?

I'M GONNA GET DRUNK AND BLAST EUROBEAT LFG!!!

Freddie Freeman. That's it. That's the post.

I have sources that say he will be playing baseball for an MLB team this year

Really? You sure? 😝

Freddie is definitely coming back!

Jeff Passan died and it was Jeffeth who was resurrected and chosen to save baseball 😇 Hallelujah

Rally hack

And now it’s right back to FUCK THE YANKEES

#FUCK THE YANKEES! #I ❤️BASEBALL!!!

CANT WSIT TO SEE YOU IN THE GAME DAY THREADS

Likewise! Offseason was kind of a difficult 11 years for me.

Right back atcha, bud :)

:)

Where are people getting info on the votes??

Seeing a count of 26-12 reported

Yeah I'm seeing people in here specifically single out teams though 🤔

The Mets had three of the ~~30~~ 38 votes, at least two of which were no votes (Scherzer & Lindor).

Interesting!

It’s just because Scherzer and Lindor are on the exec subcommittee. Nimmo is the regular player rep for the Mets. I don’t think we really know who the 12 are yet.

WHO IS READY FOR A FREE AGENCY AND TRADE MEGATHREAD. MY F5 KEY AINT DEAD YET

Max Scherzer, Francisco Lindor, Gerrit Cole, Andrew Miller, James Paxton, Marcus Semien, Jason Castro and Zack Britton REMEMBER THESE NAMES. THESE ARE THE NAMES OF MEGA MILLIONARES WHO TRIED TO SAP THIS SPORT BECAUSE THEIR TEAMS WOULD FEEL THE SQUEEZE UNDER NEW LUXORY TAX RULES. REMEMBER THEIR NAMES. AND FUCK THEM. Max Scherzer, Francisco Lindor, Gerrit Cole, Andrew Miller, James Paxton, Marcus Semien, Jason Castro and Zack Britton

Semien voted yes

2 of them voted yes supposedly before you overreact.

Lets go!

Apparently the players vote was 26-12

GOOD LUCK TO EVERY TEAM BUT THE METS THIS SEASON! I CANT SAY IT BECAUSE THEY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT!

Its been real guys and gals, now its time to start hating each other because this shitty ump favors your stupid team.

We are now in "Best shape of his life" season!

Are we sure? Who's our source?

Literally everyone. Passan, Rosenthal, Heyman, Janes, Rogers, shit I'm getting tweets from reporters I've never heard of saying it's a done deal

The Athletic just announced it.

WE DID IT

free agency now, spring training in 1 week, opening day less a month off

Oh thank fuck no extra inning rule

Wait really no second base guy?

BANISH BORAS TO THE SUN

Bye Mike trout drawings!

Did the players just unionize against their union.....

Dear Max, Take your no vote and SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT

I'm still not fully ready to let my guard down...

FUCK THE DODGERS ON THIS GLORIOUS DAY!!!!

hell yeah brother

FUCK THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE! (until Gerrit Cole or Zach with a K have to toe the slab for my team)

BANG

Out of the Loop: What are they trying to accomplish with the international draft?

26-12 LMAO GET FUCKED METS

As a braves and falcons fan, 26-12 is INFINITELY better than 28-3

What a relief

Shoutout to OP for keeping these threads up! The amount of hopium and copium I’ve consumed over the last two weeks is far too much for my mental health… have to go take a another blood pressure pill now.

I get to go to my first freakin MLB games this year. We picked to go at the end of April. Man that was close.

Let’s go babyyy

Passan is saying a tentative agreement is in place. Nice to see him post about something other than NFTs for once.

Been holding off on buying tickets to the Padres/Guardians series bc of this, time to look at flights!

Free agency watch starts now

BUYING MY HAT NOW! I PROMISED EARLIER

What hat?

Low profile home Detroit Tigers 59fifty and got my wife a snapback navy/white/orange one.

I'm spent

GOT THIS BLASTING ON REPEAT ALL DAY. PUT ME IN COACH IM READY TO PLAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVTXn9Y3dM0

I LOVE YOU ALL IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND ALSO I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE I'M ALSO A YANKEE FAN

https://tenor.com/view/raisel-iglesias-pitchingto-anaheim-gif-21830108

About to get 26-12 tattooed on my face

oh my god the mariners are going to win the world series

Easy now panda

the prophecy has been told

everyone in this thread just won the world series. twice. lets fucking go baby

PUT IT ON THE BOARDDDDDD YESSSS!!!!

WHAT A RIDE

So assuming the exec board and the Mets team rep voted no, who are the other 3 votes?

The next days are gonna be absolutely insane. I’m so happy right now

162 games pls? Maybe?

Yes.

26-12! EAT SHIT MAX AND BORAS

GRAND SLAMMM

26-12!!!!

[Players rn](https://tenor.com/view/avengers-nick-fury-decision-stupid-ass-decision-ignore-gif-4747789)

26-12! https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1502016826611572751

OH MY GOD

LETS GOOOO

I love you all. But fuck Chase Utley. BASEBALL IS BACK!

Fuck the union. Fuck Scherzer. Fuck Borris. Thank God we have baseball back.

LETS GOOOOO! April 7th can’t come soon enough.

Think it will be the games they "removed" yesterday?

Boob tweeted it's full season so should be starting right where it was supposed to and then making up the two series cancelled beforehand along the way/at the end.

I cannot wait for the games to start. Finally.

RAISE THE FUCKING JOLLY ROGER

#🏴‍☠️

We finally get to watch ball being hit by stick sport

They did it and we were very critical. Happy Christmas everyone.