Carrying over from the other thread, I think there almost has to be a CBA change like ’creds suggests. Maybe the rules about what players are eligible have changed. Maybe teams no longer have to keep players on their active roster.

I only really understand two of these additions, maybe 3.

H-Rod and Soto are eligible under what might now be the previous rules. Soto makes perfect sense to be added, but H-Rod hasn’t played above AA.

Lotzkar is probably eligible, but he shouldn’t be at risk to be taken in the MLB stage since he hasn’t played above A ball and has been injured.

Lutz is eligible, but ditto (minus the injury history).

Gregorius was signed at 18 in ‘08 so he shouldn’t be eligible yet.

Villareal doesn’t seem like he would be eligible.

So Negron or Fisher could be cleared off. And Janish could be non-tendered. Unless rosters are expanded beyond 40 in the new CBA, the Reds will probably have no more than 3 spots open unless there’s a trade. And they’re not going to get rid of both Janish and Negron if they don’t have another SS signed.

Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah!

The AP article on the new CBA (to be announced next Monday or Tuesday) doesn’t mention anything about changes in the rule 5 draft.

But some other teams have added players that seem like odd choices under the current rules. For example, the Tigers added Avisail Garcia. Who was 17 when he signed in 2008, and is still in A-ball. FTH?

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Frim here we see much higher. The pekoe mknow the Tuesday might. I’ve read books.

was that a 30 rock joke i spotted? if so, it was funnier than anything that’s been on 30 rock in the last 2 seasons.

that is all.

the Pirates are signing Clint Barmes. Two years, $10.5 million.

I think that’s the first multi-year contract he’s ever gotten.

in this link about the A’s trying to move to San Jose. The Giants are trying to block the move.

The Giants, projecting a payroll of about $130 million next season, will need to draw at least 3.2 million to break even, one source said. The team, which drew nearly 3.4 million last season coming off its first World Series title, cannot afford much slippage.

Baseball teams, even in markets a lot bigger than Cincinnati, still seem to be very dependent on attendance. Teh Fay said the Reds get most of their revenue from tickets sales, not corporate sponsorships, media rights, or merchandise sales, and it looks like that might be true even for teams like the Giants.

I, like the Reds front office, have no clue what they’re going to do.

We’ve got no money, we’ve talked to no one, the landscape/playing field/token-phrase-for-the-biz-in-which-we-operate is changing, everyone is overvaluing their players and their prospects, we’ve got more MLB level position players than roster spots, and we’ve got no pitching.

I blame Slyde and ’creds.