02-26-2019, 04:56 PM
And to bring yet another Stanford angle to this, Jed Lowrie listed as one of those not benefiting from the current trend...
http://www.si.com/mlb/2019/01/24/free-ag...jed-lowrie
Quote:The gig economy has come to baseball, and it is not all good news for players.
Just ask D.J. LeMahieu, Jed Lowrie and just about all free agents, especially second basemen, who no longer are counted on to fill traditional, everyday jobs. Baseball players are learning the hard lesson many Americans have learned about a gig economy: pay goes down when the work becomes more flexible and less steady.
http://www.si.com/mlb/2019/01/24/free-ag...jed-lowrie
