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Obviously, Blake Snell wasn\u2019t going to stay unemployed forever, regardless of how funny I would have found it if he did go unsigned, because the San Francisco Giants were the team that blinked, and signed Balakey to a two-year deal, worth $62 million dollars<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n I do take satisfaction that the money-grubbing Balakey and his money-grubbing uber-agent Scott Boras were denied in getting the long-term, fuck-you-money deal they were obviously hoping to get, but the fact of the matter is that Balakey is still hoovering up a wildly high $31M a year, and from what I understand, he does have an opt-out clause, which means that this is really more like a 1\/$31M deal, because Balakey is undoubtedly going to try and pitch his ass off again so he can opt-out and try against next winter, but will also have the safety net of $31M more dollars from San Francisco should he get hurt, or realize that he\u2019s not as good as people think he is and phones it in and prepares to try again in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n It does just suck though, that an obvious money-grubber like Balakey Snell actually is going to make coin, because I am not a fan of such obvious money-grubbers.\u00a0 I know that everyone is out for themselves, but at least try to pretend like you give a shit about the team, the city, the fans, or community.\u00a0 Do some public appearances, read books to kids at schools, volunteer at the local grocery stores or something.\u00a0 Instead, Balakey goes home and streams video games, while airing out his grievances over how he thinks he\u2019s underpaid when he gets to throw a baseball for a living.<\/span><\/p>\n Whatever though, Balakey going to the Giants means he\u2019s going to a team that I already like to root against, and despite the fact that they\u2019re the team that signed Korean superstar Lee Jung-hoo, it\u2019s nice to know I can consolidate my want to see the Giants not succeed, with wanting to see Balakey not perform well enough to warrant getting the big money contract he\u2019s hoping to get.<\/span><\/p>\n Switching gears though, if there was anyone who didn\u2019t believe that there\u2019s a Colin Kaepernick-like collusion blacklisting of Trevor Bauer, the signing of Balakey all but solidifies its existence, because we\u2019ve just watched a team commit $62 million dollars for a pitcher that is debatably comparable to Trevor Bauer, who has been shouting on the rooftops that he\u2019s willing to play for the league minimum $740,000.<\/span><\/p>\n I hate to sound like I\u2019m the world\u2019s biggest Trevor Bauer fan; I admit that I am a fan of him as a pitcher and some of his personal idiosyncrasies, and I was disappointed when his name was associated with a sexual assault.\u00a0 But I also know that he was absolved of the accusation that got him blacklisted in the first place, and I would like to see him get a second chance in the Majors, because he\u2019s obviously good enough to hang still, and frankly, what I\u2019m finding the most obnoxious aspect of the blacklisting is how every single team has their own history of embarrassments when it comes to housing players with abuse accusations and actual charges, so there\u2019s just something so hypocritical of the entire league colluding to blacklist one guy like this.<\/span><\/p>\n I know that there are still several accusations still pending, but call me crazy, but I do believe in the whole innocent until proven guilty thing, and frankly Bauer himself has said that if a team wants to cut him after taking a flyer, they can cut him at-will, but the man just wants a chance to demonstrate that he can still get the job done in the majors.\u00a0 Let the man pitch, maybe go 4-1, and if it turns out that at one of these future hearings, something comes out that he really is an abuser, than cut him.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t be any worse than Jose Reyes, Aroldis Chapman or Marcell Ozuna getting busted for violence against women but still getting to keep their jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n No matter though.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like I\u2019m actually going to watch a tremendous amount of baseball this season, and frankly the jury\u2019s out on whether or not I\u2019ll actually watch a single full game this year, seeing as how I haven\u2019t done that since like the 2020 playoffs, so when the day is over, I still really don\u2019t care.\u00a0 But I would like to see Balakey struggle, and despite my optimism that some team would eventually get desperate and pull the trigger on Trevor Bauer, things are looking less and less likely.\u00a0 Although I definitely wouldn\u2019t mind being incorrect on the latter, because I would like to see Trevor Bauer get another opportunity to pitch in the majors, plus I think he\u2019s better than Balakey.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Obviously, Blake Snell wasn\u2019t going to stay unemployed forever, regardless of how funny I would have found it if he did go unsigned, because the San Francisco Giants were the team that blinked, and signed Balakey to a two-year deal, worth $62 million dollars. 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