Same as they are if he gets hurt in A ball!

“Agents have no say what so ever in a strong union and the MLBPA is an insanely strong union.”

Yeah a union made up of people they advise on all matters involving baseball business…

Say it with more even conviction maybe the lie will sound even truer!

“Agents make a percentage of what they make. ”

Yes and they have a lot more clients than just one.
the Losses add up and they no longer have the MegaDeal to offset and pay the bills that used to cover thier living expenses while they take on the lesser players hoping he becomes the next mega Free Agent.

The deal TRS refers to is meant more for guys who probably won’t stick it for long and be done before they are 30. They would get some good mileage out of a few years of college.

And if he gets injured playing college ball, what are his options then?

“Agents are the ones who advise their clients what to accept or decline during CBA Negotiations.”

Do you know what the C in CBA stands for? Agents have no say what so ever in a strong union and the MLBPA is an insanely strong union.

“Who stands to lose the most if the leagure ever caps salary? The Players?”

Yes.

” Or the Agents who represent all the players who will be limited not just the few superstars who will still make the big bucks at the expense of all those lower skilled players…”

No, the players. Agents make a percentage of what they make. So, no matter what the agents lose (and under your scenario, not much) the players lose more.

“And because most of these players don’t HAVE a good education they have to rely on thier agents to tell them if those CBAs they vote on are good or bad.”

No, they rely on their union reps.

Yes your right they say that and make that offer but most don’t ever take it.

I had one of my basketball players who was drafted by the Mariners in a late round and they offered basically the same thing. For guys drafted at the bottom there isn’t much incentive to sign with the MLB team over a college scholarship so teams are trying to get them to take the risk.

So a guy in A Ball could go to NYU but the second he gets promoted to AAA he has to go to UNLV.

great educational opportunity to you apparently.

Agents are the ones who advise their clients what to accept or decline during CBA Negotiations. Who stands to lose the most if the leagure ever caps salary? The Players? Or the Agents who represent all the players who will be limited not just the few superstars who will still make the big bucks at the expense of all those lower skilled players…

And because most of these players don’t HAVE a good education they have to rely on thier agents to tell them if those CBAs they vote on are good or bad.

David stern loves you idea.

“Just bad for the kid as he has to choose between education and lots of money and we know what will always win.”

They aren’t choosing between education and lots of money. they are choosing between playing college ball and minor league ball. They can take some of that money and use it for tuition, they just can’t play for the school team.

“Better for the MLB as they will have more experience, be better educated and will move quicker through the MiL system.”

Better educated is very debatable.

“But good luck on ever seeing that as the Agents lobby the players to keep that cash cow open for them during the CBA Negotiations.”

Agents really don’t have the pull in CBA negotiations in MLB that they do other places. Its all about the union. that is why amateur players got screwed by the last CBA.

His statue would cost less to make

My money’s on him

Plawecki, Maron and Nido are the Top 3 C prospects who could be starters in a best case scenario but remain far away.

Are you trying to date the next Mets best catching prospect or do you want the one who is better at being a catcher

FYI – Juan is actually 3 inches taller than what you stated…since I know every inch counts for you

would you like to really compare stats…

BOTH defensively and offensively ?

Cam CS% rate – 13%
Juan CS% rate – 41%

This is the reason why Cam spent over 30% of the season as a DH

A 13% CS rate in A ball means Cam will be a 1B or a DH somewhere, not a starting catcher

And before you even bring up Joe Mauer or most of the great catchers in MLB…he was throwing out 57% of base-runners in the minors before he was called up…

we can go line for line…most of the catchers in baseball were able to handle minor league baserunners….they werent sitting on the pine as DH’s because they sucked at throwing runners out

Would you like for me to further embarrass you or are you finished yet?

RedSox 2004 – Above avg DEFENSIVE Catcher
White Sox 2005 – Above avg Defensive Catcher
Cardinals – 2006 – Above avg DEFENSIVE Catcher
RedSox – 2007 – Above avg Defensive Catcher
Phillies – 2008 – Above avg Defensive Catcher
Giants – 2010 – Above avg Defensive Catcher
Cardinals 2011 – Above avg Defensive Catcher
Giants – 2012 – Above avg Defensive Catcher

Must I continue or do you need more proof ?

The Catcher position affects the entire starting rotation, bullpen, infield defense, outfield defense and has more effect on the game than any other single position.

Please do not sit there and tell me that you want to put a guy behind the plate just because he can hit..

A catcher who hits HR’s but cant handle a staff, handle balls in the dirt or throw out runners is like a Center who cant rebound or play defense….but hits three-pointers…

If they promote him to AAA and he puts up similar numbers…and we continue to have sub-par production from Thole and friends…I think he would be next in line to be called up…

Thole has unfortunately regressed both defensively and offensively last year. Shoppach is garbage filler…so is Nikeaus…

Centeno may flame out as well…but I think in a 2013 rebuilding year…trying him may be worth a shot…esp if we come up empty in the Travis D’anaurd sweepstakes