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In response to "He's not as dominant as he used to be, but he's still worth 16M particularly to HOU where he's very popular." by musubi, adorable

You and I simply do not line up on who is worth $16 million.

Posted by David (aka David) Jul 29 '10, 11:38

The economics of baseball changed with the economic collapse of 2008. When the average team payroll is $92 million, a sixth of it goes to a player only when that guy is an absolute stud. Roy Oswalt and his 3.7 ERA from 2008-2010 absolutely does not qualify under that umbrella. Fiscal practicality is the lay of the land in MLB right now.

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Since it's such a huge topic around here...and it goes along with the "what's a guy worth" thing...what do you offer Pujols... - Jim Jul 29, 11:40 18
- An ownership deal and a blank check. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 11:44
- 10% ownership of the team. Seriously. -- nm - David Jul 29, 11:44 11
  - werd -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 29, 11:48
  - Interesting. Lot of folks around here beginning to question whether it's best for the team to resign him. - Jim Jul 29, 11:47 8
    - I take that point of view as well. Easily. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 29, 11:55
    - Blame Holliday! - Will Hunting Jul 29, 11:51 1
      - The Holliday deal won't affect the signing of Albert. They wouldn't have done it otherwise. - Jim Jul 29, 11:53
    - but shouldn't he also offer a home team discount? -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 11:51 3
      - Albert should come down to South Beach! (nm) - Dwayne Wade Jul 29, 11:58
      - Albert's made $90mil over the last 10 years of his career. - Jim Jul 29, 11:55
      - He is. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 11:51
    - The problem with democracy is that people that stupid get to vote. -- nm - David Jul 29, 11:48
  - Ha. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 11:44
- The Governorship of Missouri. (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 29, 11:42
- I offer him 7yrs, 225mil. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 11:42 1
  - The guys on the radio this morning were saying 6 for $180mil would work for them. -- nm - Jim Jul 29, 11:44
- $1, Bob. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 29, 11:42
- the Arch. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 11:41

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