Rob Bradford

And again, it's like three different arguments to get to this point.

I think there is an effort that both sides, the players and the owners, are going to undertake to convince the public of what is right and what is good for baseball.

At the end of the day,

It matters somewhat what the public thinks, but the bottom line is who's willing to miss time for their positions if indeed the cap proposal stays on the table.

And I think in an industry that next year is going to be probably about $13 billion or close to it,

The rational incentives don't line up for a major work stoppage.

And so the question becomes, could the owners convince the players to take a cap without a major work stoppage?

And if not, are the owners willing to miss a year?

These are these negotiations are going to get really loud.

You're going to hear everybody louder than before, louder than last time.

I think so.

And remember, it did get loud last time.

There was a point where the commissioner said, we're canceling regular season games, and then they found a way to play them all.

They found a way to play the full 162.

it's all leverage building and everybody's going to talk, talk really tough.

And this is why I said at the start though, it comes down to March.

You know, it, it's not going to matter until games are on the line.

It just doesn't in this setup with this league and this union leadership, you know, it other leagues sometimes get deals done sooner.

That's not baseball right now.

I don't know if it will be any time in the near future.