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[LanceRinker]

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[You Play to Win the Game]

Good stuff, Lance. I like Tex's and CC's chances to fully live up to their big deals, although CC showed some signs of wear and tear down the stretch last year. Still, he's a beast and will continue to be, IMO.

In some of these cases (Pujols/A-Roid), the revenue generated by their star status (which is not information we're necessarily privvy to) can help bridge the gap for the team with the deficit of their worth on the field to the money their being paid. Doesn't necessarily make it less stupid though.

Unfortunately, MLBPA has the best deal of them all, and it won't change as long as MLB is still raking in the dough, which doesn't appear to be changing anytime soon. Average salary of $3.2M per player is just ridiculous (http://espn.go.com/m... ... 32-million).

[SportsGuy]

Until teams stand up and say, this is stupid, it will just get worse.

The thing is, teams like the Yankees generate so much revenue that handing out 100M dollar contracts just doesn't matter...its like the Orioles handing out a 40M dollar deal. It just doesn't cripple them.

But at the end of the day, some owners just want it more and will do what it takes.

[LanceRinker]

Until teams stand up and say, this is stupid, it will just get worse.

The thing is, teams like the Yankees generate so much revenue that handing out 100M dollar contracts just doesn't matter...its like the Orioles handing out a 40M dollar deal. It just doesn't cripple them.

But at the end of the day, some owners just want it more and will do what it takes.

A part of me feels that MLB needs to institute more of a soft cap policy with the tax rates quite high that anything above a certain point (a good bit less than the $189 million or whatever it is the Yankees are trying to get under) will not make it worthwhile for said organization to do it.

They've already instituted a cap on draft spending - which hurts small market clubs more than helps them so why not take it a step further?

[You Play to Win the Game]

A part of me feels that MLB needs to institute more of a soft cap policy with the tax rates quite high that anything above a certain point (a good bit less than the $189 million or whatever it is the Yankees are trying to get under) will not make it worthwhile for said organization to do it.

They've already instituted a cap on draft spending - which hurts small market clubs more than helps them so why not take it a step further?

And that's BS as it is... so they can go crazy for 4 years, but get under the # in year 5 and save a ton of money. It's ridiculous.

[LanceRinker]

Good stuff, Lance. I like Tex's and CC's chances to fully live up to their big deals, although CC showed some signs of wear and tear down the stretch last year. Still, he's a beast and will continue to be, IMO.

In some of these cases (Pujols/A-Roid), the revenue generated by their star status (which is not information we're necessarily privvy to) can help bridge the gap for the team with the deficit of their worth on the field to the money their being paid. Doesn't necessarily make it less stupid though.

Unfortunately, MLBPA has the best deal of them all, and it won't change as long as MLB is still raking in the dough, which doesn't appear to be changing anytime soon. Average salary of $3.2M per player is just ridiculous (http://espn.go.com/m... ... 32-million).

I think CC and Lee will live up to their contracts fairly well - Tex...I'm not so sure about. If he stays healthy he could certainly get close or limp to the finish line but that's a big if IMO. I also agree with you that the revenue generated by guys like Pujols and even A-Rod (to an extent) help make up for the difference in production and monetary value of these deals, but that's still no guarantee.