Baseball - analytics and free agency.

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03-21-2019, 07:12 AM

(03-20-2019, 09:10 AM)BostonCard Wrote: Resurrecting this thread now that Bryce Harper signed a $330 million contract: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bryce...-phillies/

And not to be outdone, Mike Trout signed a $430 million contract: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mik...n-bargain/

BC

How on earth can one player be worth that kind of money to a baseball team?? I have no understanding whatsoever of the economics of baseball, but to me the numbers seem senseless.

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GK3

03-21-2019, 07:12 AM

(03-20-2019, 09:10 AM)BostonCard Wrote: Resurrecting this thread now that Bryce Harper signed a $330 million contract: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bryce...-phillies/

And not to be outdone, Mike Trout signed a $430 million contract: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mik...n-bargain/

BC

How on earth can one player be worth that kind of money to a baseball team?? I have no understanding whatsoever of the economics of baseball, but to me the numbers seem senseless.

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