I'm fine with limiting mound visits. No need for any more changes aside from that.
In all seriousness - with recent changes (pitch clock [which I thought was already implemented? I saw it at met games I attended], limiting pitching coach visits to the mound) how much time, on average, has the...
I'm not sure it has to be changed. teams need to just rule out giving players more than 5 years unless the player is a fucking superstar. And I think we're starting to see that.
Give it a few years and agents will start to get it.
Of course he denies it. He needs to maintain this false perception that his guy is worth $200M. If team's believe the Sox offer is a round $100M they're not going to offer anything close to what he wants.
I'd rather see them prove it. It's very possible that after this season that will be the case.
For all we know Harvey bounces back in a contract year, Syndergaard and deGrom are healthy and excellent and the Mets jump in to the top 5. But I don't like judging based on ifs