I'm seeing a growing "the real issue with Farhan Zaidi is the farm system" thing and I want to address some misperceptions that I'm seeing. I'm critical of the #SFGiants front office, but at worst, the jury is out on their drafts, and I think it's trending positively. (1/9) First off, Zaidi has had 4 drafts, and his scouting director missed the first one because of his wife's passing. Most MLB players take 3-5 years in the minors (Yes, even stars). At most, there's just one class with reasonable expectations that folks should be in the majors. (2/9)

"I know what discipline looks like. Todd Graham likes to disguise it as discipline, the way he treats us, the way he talks to us. The verbal abuse towards us, it's stuff I wish you guys could hear." -Leonard Lee who played for UH in 2020 and 2021 "People who worked for the school for years... they said they couldn't work over there anymore." -Leonard Lee

Today's hearing with University of Hawai'i president David Lasner and chair of the UH board of regents Randolph Moore is underway. I'll be Tweeting any notable takeaways in this thread. Lassner is immediately falling back on ill preparation, citing the agenda as he's being asked about the athletic department's deficit.

The stupidest thing about this argument is this offseason's spending is mostly led by teams that have recently cut their spending. I'm making this a thread with every team's projected Opening Day payroll to show how most are far below levels from even just 5-10 years ago. (1/32)

https://twitter.com/EugeneFreedman/status/1466008586224644105

First some methods/sources:
-Contract terms from Spotrac
-Historical payroll data from BP
-If salaries have not been reported in FA deals, the AAV is used
-Spotrac's arb estimates
-Any team with less than 26 players signed will have their roster filled with $575k salaries (2/32)