[Naz18]

Originally posted on 12/21/2013:

Just five years ago or so, $20 million per year was MASSIVE - top scale, something only maybe 1-3 teams would even consider. Now, $20 million deals have almost become normal for guys who are not producing at a clip worj $20 million. Guys like Choo should be getting MAYBE $10 million. Ellsbury worth maybe $7 .... I am just shocked that owners have never taken a stand against this shit and black balled these players who are asking for these mega deals.

Your clearly missing the entire picture....you think the owners are hostage...

Baseball revenues are increasing, the entire product is basically the players. so what else do you expect. When business is bad you'll see a decrease in players salaries. If a team is going to "take a stand" and not offer competitive salaries then another team will. The team that took the stand will lose revenue and income. You think the owners are just idiots to hand out this type of money? It's an investment.

Read up on how players become free agents in baseball, it takes a long time, this benefits small market teams from losing their players. So you don't get many quality free agents often. But you get a lot of interesting parties. I'm sure 15 teams would have offered Choo a 5 year $75 mil contract....