Mets GM Resigns Leaving Team in Financial Ruin leads too New Free Agency Rule

As of 11:32 PM last night CraigF officially resigned as the General Manager for the 2019 first place finishing New York Mets. 

In his initial statement Craig said "I'm sorry to say, but if the last week is any indication, I'm not going to have the free time to be active on here with my current classload. I'll try to stop in at some point." But there is a bit of controversy over his resignation as he is leaving the Mets in a deficit as they are projected to lose $104,089,592  in the 2020 season. 

BLM head commissioner Nwuhockey was quick to say something over his departure saying "...you are resigning leaving your team (104) million over budget. That is the biggest d*** move I have ever seen. Its absolute bulls*** that you are gonna pull that crap leaving that team financially ruined for a brand new GM to have to clean up." In my honest opinion it was pretty irresponsible for Craig to even go so far over the teams budget in the first place and should've been held responsible more when he was putting the Mets over budget in the first place such as at the beginning of 2019 when he gave DH Matt Olson a 55 Million 7 year contract and SP Nate Karns a 30 Million 5 year contract which accounts for just about 35% of the Mets actual payroll. 


Now in response to this controversy Nwuhockey has announced a new Free Agency rule to stop teams from going into major debt. The new rule states "As commissioner I (Nwuhockey) have the right to deny you a free agent signing if I feel that it puts your team's finances at risk. I do not care how much cash you have. If it possibly cripples you financially I will very nicely tell you no." I think this rule is for the best as in foresight you have to do what's best for the future GMs of BLM and will keep GMs now responsible for there actions.

The response has been kind've against the rule as Bears was the first to react saying "Why don't you let the GM's of this league do what they feel is best for their teams, let them deal w/the consequences(good or bad), and stop babysitting them? If they want to ruin their team, what is that any of your business?" MGM came in defense of the new rule with a valid point saying "The major issue that you seem to be overlooking is that NWU, as a commissioner, needs to make sure that a team stays viable for the next GM to take over in the case a GM resigns. Putting a team in such a financial hole makes a team less attractive to take on for a future GM, makes them far more difficult to manage and stay financially viable, and will leave that team without a GM. This certainly then becomes the business of the commissioner trying to keep all teams filled and finding new GMs to take over teams." With MGM's point in mind it is obvious that this rule is whats best for BLM and in my opinion needs to be put in place otherwise you will be risking teams looking way too unappealing for future GMs.

In the end I think this controversy had a positive overall result as now GMs cannot be irresponsible with their budgets and payrolls thinking that their cash will just get them out of any trouble. 

2019 Predictions

AL EAST

Baltimore Orioles 88-74 (3 seed)
Boston Red Sox 85-77
Toronto Blue Jays 80-82
New York Yankees 77-85
Montreal Expos 65-97

AL CENTRAL

Chicago White Sox 97-65 (1 seed)
Kansas City Royals 88-74 (2 WC)
Cleveland Indians 82-80
Minnesota Twins 78-84
Detroit Tigers 70-92

AL WEST

Texas Rangers 95-67 (2 seed)
California Angels 94-68 (1 WC)
Houston Astros 84-78
Seattle Mariners 72-90
San Jose Athletics 60-102

NL EAST

Washington Nationals 96-66 (1 seed)
New York Mets 90-72 (1 WC)
Florida Marlins 88-74 (2 WC)
Philadelphia Phillies 82-80
Atlanta Braves 80-82

NL CENTRAL

Chicago Cubs 93-69 (2 seed)
Cincinnati Reds 87-75
Pittsburgh Pirates 81-81
Milwaukee Brewers 77-85
St. Louis Cardinals 72-90

NL WEST

Arizona Diamondbacks 88-74 (3 seed)
Colorado Rockies 82-80
San Diego Padres 81-81
Los Angeles Dodgers 77-85
San Francisco Giants 75-87

PLAYOFFS

WILD CARD

AL- California over Kansas City
NL- Florida over New York

DIVISION SERIES

AL- Chicago over California 3-2
AL- Texas over Baltimore 3-1
NL- Washington over Florida 3-1
NL- Chicago over Arizona 3-1

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

AL- Texas over Chicago 4-3
NL- Washington over Chicago 4-2

WORLD SERIES

Texas over Washington 4-2

What is momentum? By Crow

Momentum
noun, plural momenta
[moh-men-tuh] momentums.
1.
force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events:
The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
2.
Also called linear momentum. Mechanics. a quantity expressing the motion of a body or system, equal to the product of the mass of a body and its velocity, and for a system equal to the vector sum of the products of mass and velocity of each particle in the system.
3.
Philosophy. moment (def 7).


-We talk about momentum all the time when it comes to sports. So-and-so has the momentum – they’re going to win now. Usually this is after 1 or 2 games. Most times, we discount the body of work by a team as a whole. Momentum doesn’t exist…As you look at definition 3 – it’s a philosophical term.

-So who has the momentum for the playoffs?

-The simple answer is no one.

-What team is the odds on favorite?

-Washington.

Does that mean Washington has momentum?

-No…they’ve been the favorite a few times.

-What about the Phillies who hit 95 wins this year?

-What about San Fran? Who wasn’t even expected to get to the playoffs last year, but made it to the NLCS and are in the playoffs again. Does their experience of taking Florida to 7 games in the NLCS last year translate?

-Probably not, this is a new year…and as I’ve said – there’s no such thing as momentum.

-Did Baltimore ride their momentum of not making the playoffs last year to winning the AL East?

-Baltimore had a great year, that doesn’t mean shit in the playoffs.

-Where did San Diego’s momentum come from? Did he pray to the momentum Gods and get some extra mojo?

-No, San Diego plays in a weak-ass division…that’s what happens when you play a bunch of scrubs.

-The basis of this argument is that we often assign arbitrary attributes to how a team performs over the course of the season. Momentum cannot be measured, unlike 1000+ baseball stats that can be. The thought of having “Momentum” is a philosophical “feel good” to help fans out when they either win or lose a game/series.

-What happened to Florida’s momentum after winning the World Series?

-Our team sucked, trades that we thought would make the team better didn’t…and maybe it just wasn’t our year.

-Who will win the World Series?

-The Nationals – they have a lot of unrealized potential, which can translate into momentum 