Fangraphs has a couple of posts today with prominent/pointed Atlanta Braves’ mentions. One of them is an awesome collection of GIFs about the mystical connection between Andrelton Simmons and the Mets’ Travis d’Arnaud. Some pitchers “own” some hitters. Simba owns d’Arnaud in a deeply personal way – this is fabulous.
The other bit is a note about money, free agents, and free agents to come. I’ll cut to the chase.
MLB has ‘extra’ money flowing down to all teams as a result of a successfully profitable venture known as BAM Tech. You can read the details at Dave Cameron’s fangraphs piece, but the upshot is that if MLB spins this off to other investors, then there’s money to be made.