Archive for Contracts/Economics

The disappointing Brewer has been DFA’d. What does that say about Doug Melvin’s original decision to lock him up?

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Adam presents an updated economic framework for baseball trades.

The putative new boss of the players’ union seems like a very different guy than the departing old boss: Every week, [Michael] Weiner and his trademark blue jeans stride down to his basement classroom and teach Sunday school to one of the few congregations less orderly than major league baseball owners . . . An […]

The latest in the business of baseball.

This is pretty major: Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he’s held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. An announcement is expected to be made later on Monday […]

Or deal with the draft. You choose.

The latest in the business of baseball.

THT talks to Vince Gennaro about the economy’s effect on baseball.