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MLB Free Agency - OutsiderFan - 01-21-2019
This is pretty thought provoking: https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2019/1/18/18188795/sf-giants-evan-longoria-doesnt-like-free-agency
The long and short of it is baseball operations people who assess players on performance metrics have concluded the most productive players peak at age 25. This means the current Free Agency rules that mandate a player be on a MLB 25 man roster for six seasons before gaining freedom of movement, are working dramatically against the interests of the players.
If the average MLB player doesn't get to an MLB 25 man roster until he is 20, by definition he will be past his prime - according to statistics - when he achieves free agent status. This means clubs can pay bottom dollar for the best years of a player's performance, and can justify paying less for free agents who have produced at a high level due to "past peak" concerns. What's crazy about this is most players don't get to 25 man rosters until they are 21+, so almost by definition free agents aren't that valuable.
Something has to give, and it seems to me it has two possible outcomes. First is that players get free agency after maybe 4 years instead of after 6. Second, minimum contracts will have to escalate substantially higher, to compensate for the money owners aren't any longer paying out for what used to be the biggest free agent signings because nobody wants to pay top dollar for past performance anymore. Scott Boras needs to re-think his model.
RE: MLB Free Agency - PVTree - 01-21-2019
If there's one sport where the player salaries are seemingly out of whack, it's baseball for me. I don't follow the salary cap closely, but it seems I keep hearing how .500 pitchers with 4+ ERAs get $10+ million per year contracts every year.
I'm in favor of them getting paid what they can, but I won't feel sorry for them if they only get 8 million instead of 12 million per year.
RE: MLB Free Agency - OutsiderFan - 01-22-2019
Nobody is going to feel sorry for players making a few million dollars less than they maybe could. My point was just to bring to light for the benefit of baseball fans on here, a dynamic at work that may be under the radar a bit. It could result in a MLB work stoppage that could kind of dramatically impact the game.
It does seem curious that Tom Brady and Drew Brees, both 40 years old, should be playing in the Super Bowl, when juxtaposed to current MLB thinking about player age. Granted, baseball and football are different games, but the idea that at 26 you are on the downside of your career in MLB and can win a league championship in the NFL at 40 is a bit nuts. Perhaps QB is the one position in sports where age isn’t quite the issue it is for performance for other sports and other football positions? Maybe Kyler Murray should choose football.
On a slightly different note, this is a cool website if you are interested in payrolls, contracts, and free agent status in the major pro sports: http://spotrac.com
RE: MLB Free Agency - BostonCard - 01-22-2019
Drew Brees did not make it to the Super Bowl, though he was maybe one blown pass interference call away. The guy playing against Brady was born on October 24, 1994.
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RE: MLB Free Agency - OutsiderFan - 01-22-2019
(01-22-2019, 10:35 AM)BostonCard Wrote: Drew Brees did not make it to the Super Bowl, though he was maybe one blown pass interference call away. The guy playing against Brady was born on October 24, 1994.
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What part of "should" in relation to Brees playing in Super Bowl was wrong? But why make comments on a small detail of a post that has nothing to do with the point of the thread, which is looming changes to MLB free agency?
RE: MLB Free Agency - BostonCard - 01-22-2019
(01-22-2019, 11:26 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote:(01-22-2019, 10:35 AM)BostonCard Wrote: Drew Brees did not make it to the Super Bowl, though he was maybe one blown pass interference call away. The guy playing against Brady was born on October 24, 1994.
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What part of "should" in relation to Brees playing in Super Bowl was wrong? But why make comments on a small detail of a post that has nothing to do with the point of the thread, which is looming changes to MLB free agency?
The answer is poor reading comprehension on my part. As to why I picked up (wrongly) on that detail, I don't know that it is any more off topic than what the age of a QB in the Super Bowl has to do with baseball free agency. You could just as easily argue that we were a coin flip away from the Super Bowl featuring a 24 year old going up against a 23 year old.
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