The truth about the baseball transfer portal:
Players generally fall into 3 buckets:
Exit meeting: asked to leave
Exit meeting: mutually agreed to leave
Exit meeting: elite player choosing a bigger opportunity or different path for themselves.
95% are #1 and #2.
With 34-man rosters, yearly portal cycles, and constant roster upgrades, most players are not leaving because they âquit.â Coaches are moving on and players now finally have options instead of being trapped.
Fans want elite rosters. Coaches want elite rosters. The portal is now part of how that gets built.
So maybe stop harassing and spreading lies when a player hits the portal. Reality is you have no clue what the circumstances are.