Real Players and Fantasy Money
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:39 pm
31 million dollars.
That sort of money doesn't seem real to people like us.
If we won the lotto in our home state, chances are, we wouldn't win 31 million dollars.
It's just an unfathomable amount.
David price will be making about a million dollars A START.
And Greinke will probably make more.
We are almost getting immune to this money.
Hell, we're not the ones paying it.
Boston fans love it. They have a great starting pitcher during the regular season and a great relief pitcher during the playoffs.
I know that last line is a shot at Price. It's deserved.
When Marco Estrada is more trusted, at the time than David Price, it's a shot deserved.
Besides, he was also a great playoff reliever for Tampa. Players can be called worse
Fans live in the moment. Red Sox fans know that Price will not be worth the money in two or three years. Most don't care.
These next two or three years are more important.
Buying a player like Price is a lot better to a fan than trading for a guy like Price and giving up a Mookie Betts or Moncada.
Again, it's not their money.
Some teams will say that this does not work as far as parity.
Really, it does.
Boston gets a shot in the arm for two years, then have to pay five years of regression from a player.
While the Yankees are paying for Sabathia in his later years, teams like Baltimore last year and Toronto this year, are finding a window to win in their division.
It's parity in reverse.
31 million dollars. We look at the amount and shake our heads.
A 30 year old pitcher getting a million dollars a start till age 37.
And yet, we know it's going to get even more expensive.
In three years, Bryce Harper becomes a free agent at the age of 26.
If pitchers entering the downhill years of their careers are getting 31 million dollars, how much is an everyday player, who is hitting his prime worth?
I'm thinking 50 million dollars a year over 10 years.
500 million dollars.
Half of a billion dollars.
Two million dollars a playing week.
Still doesn't sound real.
That sort of money doesn't seem real to people like us.
If we won the lotto in our home state, chances are, we wouldn't win 31 million dollars.
It's just an unfathomable amount.
David price will be making about a million dollars A START.
And Greinke will probably make more.
We are almost getting immune to this money.
Hell, we're not the ones paying it.
Boston fans love it. They have a great starting pitcher during the regular season and a great relief pitcher during the playoffs.
I know that last line is a shot at Price. It's deserved.
When Marco Estrada is more trusted, at the time than David Price, it's a shot deserved.
Besides, he was also a great playoff reliever for Tampa. Players can be called worse
Fans live in the moment. Red Sox fans know that Price will not be worth the money in two or three years. Most don't care.
These next two or three years are more important.
Buying a player like Price is a lot better to a fan than trading for a guy like Price and giving up a Mookie Betts or Moncada.
Again, it's not their money.
Some teams will say that this does not work as far as parity.
Really, it does.
Boston gets a shot in the arm for two years, then have to pay five years of regression from a player.
While the Yankees are paying for Sabathia in his later years, teams like Baltimore last year and Toronto this year, are finding a window to win in their division.
It's parity in reverse.
31 million dollars. We look at the amount and shake our heads.
A 30 year old pitcher getting a million dollars a start till age 37.
And yet, we know it's going to get even more expensive.
In three years, Bryce Harper becomes a free agent at the age of 26.
If pitchers entering the downhill years of their careers are getting 31 million dollars, how much is an everyday player, who is hitting his prime worth?
I'm thinking 50 million dollars a year over 10 years.
500 million dollars.
Half of a billion dollars.
Two million dollars a playing week.
Still doesn't sound real.