I don't want to discount that it would be a huge hurdle for this ball club if Atlanta has to pay that tax.
I also believe in this front office. I think they are very capable of developing prospects into big leaguers, making shrewd trades for cost controlled players, and the recent draft classes have looked more encouraging IMO.
I am going to coin your saying here: Two Things Can be True at Once
It's definitely going to be a hurdle to have a lower payroll, but I also believe and trust in this FO to continue to field a good team even with cuts in payroll.
First: Now that I know you have a "real" "day" job, it makes it more impressive that you take the time every day to make all the really deep analysis for you articles and podcasts. Wow!
Second: this article got me curious. Have you done an episode to list the pros and cons of the Braves becoming a publicly traded company?
Not really, no - might be a better article than a podcast, I think. The argument pretty much boils down to "a billionaire owner can come out of pocket to inflate the payroll, while a publicly traded company is going to struggle to spend outside of what they're making, both in baseball revenue and the mixed-use development revenue." You just have to hope the billionaire owner doesn't insist on making baseball decisions, though.
Ah-ha! you’re a real person with a real job too not just a very thorough baseball analyst with writing skills
nice work as usual
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Thanks, Jerry!
I don't want to discount that it would be a huge hurdle for this ball club if Atlanta has to pay that tax.
I also believe in this front office. I think they are very capable of developing prospects into big leaguers, making shrewd trades for cost controlled players, and the recent draft classes have looked more encouraging IMO.
I am going to coin your saying here: Two Things Can be True at Once
It's definitely going to be a hurdle to have a lower payroll, but I also believe and trust in this FO to continue to field a good team even with cuts in payroll.
First: Now that I know you have a "real" "day" job, it makes it more impressive that you take the time every day to make all the really deep analysis for you articles and podcasts. Wow!
Second: this article got me curious. Have you done an episode to list the pros and cons of the Braves becoming a publicly traded company?
Not really, no - might be a better article than a podcast, I think. The argument pretty much boils down to "a billionaire owner can come out of pocket to inflate the payroll, while a publicly traded company is going to struggle to spend outside of what they're making, both in baseball revenue and the mixed-use development revenue." You just have to hope the billionaire owner doesn't insist on making baseball decisions, though.