MCH Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I have a sure-fire, can't miss solution to fixing the quickly inflating MLB player salaries!! Draft Boras to fight in Iraq for a few years! It's extremely sad when the Dodgers sign JD Drew to an 11 million a year contract and everyone agrees that they overpaid. Only to have the guy opt out of the guaranteed contract this year to get over 14 million a year!!!?????? It just makes me sick. BTW---rhetorical question. If Barry Zito commands 15-17 million a year right now. How much will Johan Santana command in 2008?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries It's football season Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries [ QUOTE ] It's football season Kev. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I know. But it's also Winter Meetings time. Baseball seasons are made and broken right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries Oh alright. What is killing me is the salaries relievers are getting. Even guys who are only gonna come in during garbage innings are getting huge multi-year deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries [ QUOTE ] Oh alright. What is killing me is the salaries relievers are getting. Even guys who are only gonna come in during garbage innings are getting huge multi-year deals. [/ QUOTE ] I know. Look at Gagne. He'll get at least 5 million for an arm that will probably blow up after 5 pitches. Players nowadays aren't getting paid what they're worth, they're getting paid dependent upon how flooded the market is. That's why you see players contracts including opt out clauses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries I hear the Dodgers may get ManRam. You like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries I can almost see the top guys getting paid huge...but when clowns are batting .260 like Carlos Lee, the last year he played for the Brewers, he got like $6 + million a year from Houston. That's insane. I think I could still bat .240 I absolutely refuse to buy a ticket to a game anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries [ QUOTE ] I have a sure-fire, can't miss solution to fixing the quickly inflating MLB player salaries!! Draft Boras to fight in Iraq for a few years! It's extremely sad when the Dodgers sign JD Drew to an 11 million a year contract and everyone agrees that they overpaid. Only to have the guy opt out of the guaranteed contract this year to get over 14 million a year!!!?????? It just makes me sick. BTW---rhetorical question. If Barry Zito commands 15-17 million a year right now. How much will Johan Santana command in 2008?????? [/ QUOTE ] Johan would probably get 6 years for 120 million. While is may seem like Boras is the bad guy, you have to look at the player and what he "thinks" he is worth. It's nice to see guys like Chris Carpenter take less to stay where he is at. He could have easily gotten 20mil if he went into the FA pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries [ QUOTE ] I hear the Dodgers may get ManRam. You like? [/ QUOTE ] I've heard several rumors about the Dodgers getting ManRam but most of them I didn't like. The only one I vaguely liked was a three way trade with Houston. Dodgers get ManRam, Houston gets Brad Penny and the Red Sox get Morgan Ensberg and James Loney. Will never happen, but I'd give up Penny and Ensberg for Manny. And heck, at 8 million, Penny is a steal in today's market. BTW--Finn, I think you made a type. Houston paid Carlos 16+ million a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries Would you take Victor Martinez for Penny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries [ QUOTE ] Would you take Victor Martinez for Penny? [/ QUOTE ] Nope. It's not that I don't like Victor. We're set at the catcher position for the next couple of decades. But I'm sure you already knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries Hey welcome to the world of being a Pirates. Drew makes 14 million this year? That will be about 25% of the Pirates entire roster. Baseball is becoming even more of a joke, if that is even possible. BTW--Santana is going to get 20 mil a year. So will Lariano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries Drew is getting $14 million a year for a .283 average and 20 hrs....uggggh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugshooter Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries Here's an even more sure fire way to decrease salaries: When we the fan start refusing to pay $30 for a ticket, $10 to park, $5 for a hot dog, and $7 for a coke or beer, then we'll see salaries come down. Fans paying those prices are paying the salaries, the higer the salary, the higher the prices. As long as we pay it, players will get more and more. Of course, if I lived in a city with a baseball team, I'm pretty sure I'd be at more than one game a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries [ QUOTE ] But I'm sure you already knew that. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I did actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries I agree that Santana will probably get 20 mil. But if Zito is getting 15, by talent alone, Santana should get almost 30. Drew's getting 14. So when Vernon Wells becomes a free agent, he should get at least 25. When is this going to stop? I've always said, that I'd rather the players get more money instead of the owner's pocketing it, but it's getting ridiculous. Stop the spending and lower the prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: MLB Salaries [ QUOTE ] Stop the spending and lower the prices. [/ QUOTE ] That would happen if people stopped going to the games. But unfortunately, people have shown that they'll continue to buy tickets (epecially NFL tickets) regardless of prices. They know they got us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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