The Bechtold Breakdown - MLB cap and floor ideas, Doc Emrick NHL legacy
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It's time for the Bechtold Breakdown with some new music because we definitely don't want any flags on the play here, Donnie. No flags. No flags, please. No flags. Our results from the Twitter poll are in with 400 votes that have been cast. If the Steelers take Ty Simpson in the first round, would Steeler fans cheer or boo? 84.5% of the respondents say that they would boo.
94.5% said Jackson Dart was no good and the Steelers shouldn't take him.
And I still don't know if he's any good, and I'm okay that the Steelers didn't take him.
Thank you, Limits.
Thanks. What do you make of the Twitter poll results, Joe? I just told you. Other than that.
Is that the first item of the Bechtold breakdown? It was just a brief item. They're wrong. We get the more hardcore sports fan to respond to that. It's going to be a party downtown with half a million people just wanting to celebrate something Steeler. So I think no matter who they pick, the place will go wild, but especially a quarterback.
So you think that even if it's a party that there won't be boos, there's booing that occurs at parties when things go wrong?
I didn't say there wouldn't be any among 500,000 people limits. I said that it's not going to be predominantly booing. The pick won't get booed.
What were the results of the Twitter poll about Ty Simpson?
It'll be way more cheered than booed. But that's just my opinion.
You think that when they say quarterback, that it will immediately be cheers? It could be quarterback Kate Clubman.
It could be quarterback Andrew Filippone.
I think Steeler fans are going to be, as soon as they hear quarterback, grasping for air, trying to wait and see what name is it going to be that is going to be announced after quarterback. Not in the mirror to get cheer. You have a different opinion of giant parties than I do. Yes, I do. Donnie?
I think Eagles fans booed Donovan McNabb back in the day. They did, that's true. Didn't Bills fans boo Josh Allen, at least subtly? Actually, I'm glad you brought that up, Limits. Did they? Well, there was a kid at Waynesburg with me who was from Buffalo, a diehard Bills fan still to this day, and I never let him live that down. We were watching that draft together. And if I recall, the Bills traded up, correct? Yes. Joe, they traded up to take Josh Allen. And the whole time, the guy I'm with, he wanted the Bills to take Josh Rosen because he was like the chosen one QB from that class who was slipping a little bit.
Right.
And they took Josh Allen, and this guy almost punched a hole through the wall.
Yeah. No, that's a true story. But again, it was a very small sampling. This would be a larger party. Next.
So Evan Drellich of The Athletic wrote a story this week on what would an MLB salary cap, salary floor look like? And there were a lot of pushbacks from members of the players union and association that had a lot of very firm quotes in there. But what Evan proposes is a $240 million ceiling and a $160 million floor for Major League Baseball could be the target. Joe, your initial thoughts on that?
Why do Steelers fans have mixed feelings about drafting a quarterback?
240 to 160, you said? 240 to 160.
So the Pirates would be $80 million below the Dodgers instead of what? What are they now? 200 million?
Well, right now they're at 100 million, and the Dodgers have spent about 400 million. So it's about a $300 million difference.
So it would be better. Yeah, much better. It would still be $80 million from the highest spenders. You'd have a ton of teams spending 240, and then you're assuming that – that the pirates would be making wise decisions i guess compared people don't talk enough about the dodgers also being smart i also under every contract what do you mean deferring every contract no no with the draft with international free just a smart baseball organization in addition to spending they pull in like every great japanese player now yeah um
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