Rob Manfred Claims There's 'Buzz' Around 'Golden At-Bat' Rule Among MLB Owners

[coolhandgopher]

You know where else you can find a buzz, Mr. Manfred? When spreading manure and this idea is akin to that.

(pretty proud of myself for this zinger, even if it took me two days to formulate it into words)

 

[Wally]

Here’s a wild idea: how about they just institute a hard salary cap and salary floor so it’s actually fair?

Only way I would start caring about baseball

 

[GophersInIowa]

Not that I hate your ideas, but MLB has had more parity than the NFL for a long time now. Its a huge misconception that NFL has more parity.

That's mainly because of the QB position. No position in baseball comes close to a QB as a far as impact on a game or season. I think the difference is any market can draft, develop and sign long term a top player in the NFL where in baseball that's less likely for many teams. The top talent is much more tilted to the bigger markets in baseball where it is more spread out in football.

The top 10 players of the NFL at the beginning of this season as voted on by players plays in KC, Cleveland, SF (2), Minnesota, Baltimore, Miami, Buffalo, Dallas and Pittsburgh.

MLB Network's top 10 before last season in baseball was Atlanta, Los Angeles (3), New York (3), Texas, Houston, and Seattle.

A team in baseball can catch lightning in a bottle like KC did in 2015. But the winners have generally been mostly from the larger markets and I don't see that changing. Especially now that big time talent is coming from Japan where they will almost never even consider anything but the biggest markets.

 

[Gophers1992]

That's mainly because of the QB position. No position in baseball comes close to a QB as a far as impact on a game or season. I think the difference is any market can draft, develop and sign long term a top player in the NFL where in baseball that's less likely for many teams. The top talent is much more tilted to the bigger markets in baseball where it is more spread out in football.

The top 10 players of the NFL at the beginning of this season as voted on by players plays in KC, Cleveland, SF (2), Minnesota, Baltimore, Miami, Buffalo, Dallas and Pittsburgh.

MLB Network's top 10 before last season in baseball was Atlanta, Los Angeles (3), New York (3), Texas, Houston, and Seattle.

A team in baseball can catch lightning in a bottle like KC did in 2015. But the winners have generally been mostly from the larger markets and I don't see that changing. Especially now that big time talent is coming from Japan where they will almost never even consider anything but the biggest markets.

You're not wrong at all, but if we define parity by how frequently different teams are winning titles it is inaccurate to say the NFL has so much more parity than the MLB.

 

[GophersInIowa]