soul of baseball

Chapter 668 Don't Read Transaction Analysis
The free market is deserted, but the team owner still has tickets!

Bryce Harper $13 million in 3.3 years. (no physical examination yet)

manny machado $10 million in 3 years. (The initiative lies with the player)

nolan arenado 8 years 2.6 million knives. (One trick, players can refuse)

It's understandable that Harper is more conservative this year because of injuries to running first base in the past, and Philadelphia fans also love him.This can also be said to be a contract that goes straight to the end of his career.

The Dodgers offer a single-season salary of 4000+~4500, and the Giants are 12 million in 3.1 years?We all know that the tax here is high, and the pass is normal.

The National People’s Government’s 10-year 3 million offer is actually true or false, and even if it is a true deferred payment, it is still a routine.

Nolan and Manny are both third basemen, and they have nothing to say on both ends of the offense and defense. Although Machado has added value to the guerrilla defense this season, in general, the contract between the two cannot be said to be good or bad. (Although the outside world says Nolan's is better and his value is higher than Manny's.)
I personally don't think so, here is a small comparison:

1: Offense and defense: relatively flat. (Manny does not have long-term samples in the League of Nations and Snow Mountain. It can be seen in just two years. Well, the impact of high altitude on the impact will be analyzed in detail later.)
2: Health: All are healthy, with no obvious major injuries.

3: Low tide: Nolan is relatively stable, Manny has had a big low tide, but compared with the same age stage, it is better after court correction.

4: Team comparison: The Snow Mountain Rockies have entered the playoffs for two consecutive years. It is the time to compete for the box office. At this time, keeping the star of the team is also a crunchy bite for fans to feel at ease.

The rise of the Padres generally starts in 20 years, and they need an experienced star to lead them. (It hurts to say this, Manny's performance in the playoffs...Of course, it may also be related to the previous Orioles period. He didn't have a chance to familiarize himself with the playoffs.)
Moreover, the Padres have not made the playoffs for 8 consecutive years (the owner has become rich again), so if you don't spend money at this time, you can spend it. (I guess*: the opening might settle for the priest)

*Whether the contract is worth it or not, who knows, there are a lot of bad contracts in the major leagues now, if you want to say that you can only win by drawing lots. (For example, the Cardinals picked up cheap mikolas last year. Who knew that the CY grades were voted out. And Holland, who thought he made a profit, the price was earned by the Cardinals, but the other party directly let the Cardinals get out of the playoffs game.)
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*The 'theoretically' big names left in free agency right now:

1: Catcher: martin maldonado (catchers who can't hit are really not popular, and angels don't know what the hell is going on)

2: Pitcher: Starter opens and closes Kimbrel
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Let me take advantage of today to talk about how the player's big contract was negotiated.

That is, a sports agent!

Professional sports in North America are extremely developed, and there are all kinds of excitement to watch throughout the year, which also breeds gold-pickers in the sports economy.

In one year, the top ten brokerage companies alone can negotiate tens of billions of dollars in contracts.In terms of commission, I can guess it by myself, and I can fly happily.

Let's first talk about what is the role of a broker?
Key point: Let the agents do all the bad things, and they are the ones who tear up the face. There is still a warm relationship between the players and the team.

So the bigger the agent's reputation, the bigger the brand, and the more annoying he is.They are the vampires in the hearts of the players, and the scammers in the hearts of the team owners.

Sports agents can be understood as intermediaries in essence, and they all use asymmetric information to earn opportunity tickets.

So there are also a bunch of scouts under him, wandering around all the year round to find good seedlings, sign first and earn first.

In this process, they will be extremely gentle and friendly to give all kinds of help to the valued future players.

Want a limited edition signature sneaker?Find a way for you to get it!

Usually expensive?It doesn't matter!out here!
Want to study in a particularly specialized area?Simple!I recommend it to you here!

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Well, the money will definitely be withdrawn at some point in the future.

As a middleman, the agent must take a small percentage of the player's salary as his own commission.

For example, an agent helps a player negotiate a 2 million contract, and he wants to take 5% of it. How much is it?
But Rao is so blood-sucking!Players also have to let their agents, why is this?Can you come by yourself?How much convenience can the agent give the player?

In fact, to put it simply, there are only two major jobs for a broker! 1 is to find a job for the players! 2 is to negotiate the best salary for the players.

The so-called looking for a job does not only refer to the rookies who are unemployed or about to participate in the draft.They have it all!Also learn to hype!
Agents have to have all kinds of vacancies throughout the league in mind, from players', to management, coaching staff and so on.

After all, the life of a player after retirement is also very important.

Which team lacks what, and what is the salary level?What kind of burden can you give?Such important news is generally circulated only in extremely small circles.

But do sports agents only do this?

Not really, the job is highly malleable.

In addition to the most important contracts, there are also regular players' personal social media, funds, brands, financial management and other things that can attract fans and make money.

In short, there are comings and goings, it is a model in which I help you make money and you give me kickbacks.

The most important resource of a brokerage company/broker is the network.

How many top players in this circle are your clients?How many head coaches and team managements have good personal relationships with you?
Can the various media accompanying the team and the team owner speak in front of them?
Further down, how many college coaches get along well with you?Will give you first-hand information on the players?And let you build a good relationship with future professional players in the first place?

Of course, many of these college coaches may be one of the broker's clients.

The professional baseball world is an opaque place, and verbal agreements are extremely useful in many cases.

It's better for the bosses and managers of professional football teams to have their own circles. There are really too many examples of those colleges being manipulated when facing agents.

Don't you like your current coach?Don't like the other one too?Thinking about it?

no problem!The agent can manipulate them with one hand to make them take the initiative to change jobs, and then use his own introduction to make up for it. The exchange of the two hands makes money for both the coach and himself, and the troublemaker can be thrown to the school!You say I broke the rules?Ha~ Of course I said I didn’t know. As for whether I knew it or not, who knows?

* Broker's commission rules in the trading center:
NFL <=3%
NBA <=4%
NHL <=4%
MLB <=5%
FIFA<=10%
But the rules are set like this, as long as they can make a lot of money, the two can negotiate in private, who will take care of it.

However, the relationship between the agent and the player also depends on who is more important in order to have enough right to speak.

For example, is the agent willing to let go of a superstar?Of course, as long as it's not too much, the other party can do whatever they want.Instead of intervening, it's better to help with some details, anyway, I'm making money lying around!
However, for the sport of baseball, the role of an agent is greater. In fact, this industry is different from others, and the rules and relationships are intricate.

How to scold to maintain a balance between not scolding people away and scolding well.

They want to hype their own players and other people's players, and everyone will make the market bigger together, so that everyone can get more points, instead of just guarding their own.

For those waiting for employment in the lower class, the role of the broker is like God.

Brokers don't necessarily like you, you have to find out by yourself.So having a good relationship is really important.

The agent has a bunch of phone numbers, and it is not difficult to ask for a trial opportunity for you.

(This year, one person negotiated with the team himself. After the negotiation was completed, he said that he would never negotiate a contract by himself again.) In fact, it is true that players sit down and negotiate contracts face-to-face with the team. It must be hurt.

There is a saying in the industry that as long as players find an agent, they only need to follow the 3 C principles, and generally speaking, it will work very well.

cost, contacts, convenience.

Check out nolan's contract!It's just that there are not enough agents and they will fool you!
Time flies so fast, I still remember the young boys who won the championship in 06!Now they are all uncles, and they are still fighting for their dreams on the court.

What are their dreams?champion?Got it!The sky-high contract was also taken.

My dream is probably to fight until I can’t fight anymore...

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***About technical decentralization***
That is the service-time system mentioned yesterday.

This is a bug. The team can technically transfer rookies who are ready to stand in the major leagues to the minor leagues. This can extend the team's control over players from the original 6 years stipulated by the league to 7 years.

According to the regulations, the home team of every player promoted to the major leagues has 6 years of control, of which the first 3 years have a minimum salary. (There is a percentage that was mentioned earlier, and the basic salary for a particularly good one is 2 years, so I won’t talk about it here. I think many football fans don’t understand these things, so it’s not hydrology, right? \(^o^)/~)

Obtaining salary arbitration for the next 3 consecutive years is considered as the technique of controlling the deadline.

But there is a stipulation that a player's qualifications for a full season are 172 days, and there are 162 regular season games in a major league season, so about 183 days need to be crossed out here. (Weather and other factors are not taken into account.) After the players are transferred, they will technically avoid the league's "full season" certification, so the control period can be +1 here!

In fact, whether the technical decentralization and the "extremely long control period" are poisonous depends on the individual.

For players, the minor league period itself is very long.

For example, a 'professional player' who was drafted to a team before the age of 18 has not played in the major leagues for more than a decade. (Not kidding, there are really, quite a few. Of course, a large part of them will choose to give up halfway.)
Then he suddenly found inspiration and played well, so the player was pulled into the major leagues, 32 years old + 1 technical decentralization + 6 years of control, that is, he could not enter the free market until he was 39 years old.

Don't talk about that day, it is estimated that he will retire before it arrives.

For the players who have suffered so long in the minor leagues, poor!After finally getting into the major leagues, it took so many years to really 'make a lot of money', which is indeed a depressing thing to say.

But let's say it the other way around, a team in a small market may not even have a cricket star. If it is not a matter of controlling the number of years, the players they have finally cultivated will pat their butts and leave as soon as the time comes. I went to make money, and I felt sick in my heart.

This is just like a bad start to the season. How to negotiate to satisfy both the team and the players? Obviously, this needs to be negotiated by the big guys.

A better way to think about it is to allow major league contracts to be signed directly during the draft, but the specific implementation needs various improvements.

*** Complaints About Players ***
It is inevitable that there will be conflicts between labor and capital, and they are all for their own interests.

But when to complain and when not to complain is an art.

Many players have complained about current or former home teams before or after leaving.

Pujols publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the Cardinals at the beginning.

Two years after leaving the Cardinals, the best hitter at the time is still brooding over the original extension situation.

Pujols became famous from the Cardinals, because the other party refused to give him a suitable long-term contract and went to the Angels.This is actually a very normal thing. Players will stay in places they know and love when the prices are not much different.If the difference is huge, of course it will go to the team with higher benefits.

Pujols believes that the club let themselves play the role of 'black face'. (The fans were very upset at the beginning, thinking that pujols had voluntarily abandoned the Cardinals fans and chose to go to the Angels. That is to say, in terms of external quotations, the Cardinals were not sincere and added fuel to the outside world.)
In fact, the Cardinals' reluctance to give the super long is probably understandable. It was originally a small market team, and Pujols was not young at the time.

Whether it is based on the data or the current 19-year hindsight, Pujols did begin to degenerate after leaving the Cardinals, and took a big step back five years later.

The Cardinals' management was used to small-market business, and they demanded that everything be done at a cost-effective and fully affordable situation.That's why the Cardinals became one of the most successful teams of the 21st century.

They know how to use every penny wisely.

Both the players and the team must learn to shut up appropriately. This is a job, just like the relationship between the staff and the boss. No one should complain to the public, especially after the fact.

As unkind as it sounds, and it is, the Cardinals have always been stingy financially and emotionally.

It seems that their usual practice is to sign cheaply and throw away when they should.

If there is no problem with human relations, the price has to come down.

It will be 20 years soon, and the fans are very kind, but for the players... the warm ones are probably the old carpenter and yadi, which is still a bit uncomfortable.

红雀大腿yadier molina12年签下5年7500W＋1500W选择权的合约，17年初又续了3年6000W。前几天有公开表示如果红雀需要他他可以继续留下来为自己所爱的城市所爱的球队去效力，如果不需要了就会退役。

I've been terrified.

Selfishly bless the Cardinals with a down record this year~ After 20 years of jumping left and right, maybe they can stay for another year?What else can I take another look at?

The mentality of fans is really scary. Look at what I wrote, it is completely obsessed.

(End of this chapter)