Ian Happ’s approach to industry rumors is at least a reminder of the thinking-mans player he has always been and an uncommon business mind for the game that almost keeps the emotions at bay.
In the meantime, he’s following rumors with a keen interest, as you might imagine — but maybe not as much for the reason you might imagine.“The personal rumors, not so much,” said Happ, who has been with the organization since being drafted ninth overall out of the University of Cincinnati in 2015, “but just generally what’s happening as it happens.
Happ, who played an active role in meetings throughout MLB’s lockout last winter to help negotiate a new union contract, was already looking postgame Friday night in San Francisco at Friday night’s big trade of two-time All-Star starter Luis Castillo by the Reds to the Mariners for an impressive-looking haul of prospects.
If so, that’s what the expanded field was designed to accomplish, from the players’ perspective: incentivizing a more competitive landscape that should fuel all player markets .
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