NYTimes.com
For a Mike Trout, M.L.B. Flaunts Its Wealth. Average Players Reap Austerity
I would like a piece of that austerity.
There is a very good explanation for what is going on, however, in the article:
Owners, it seems, have figured out how to keep costs down by using younger players, who are cheaper than veterans, thus freeing up cash for the occasional megadeal. Players like Trout, Harper and Machado benefit, while others are forced to accept less.
“In the past, teams were valuing players differently,” said James Paxton, a starting pitcher for the Yankees. “For a long time, that system was fine. Now that the teams have changed the way they’re valuing players, especially older players, it’s kind of broken the system and it forcing us to take a look at it.”
Paxton, however, has it backwards. The system was broken before, because the teams were valuing players incorrectly. The MLBPA knew that, and took advantage of. Now that the teams fixed their valuations, the players are left flat-footed because the union did not adjust fast enough.
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