LogFAQs > #976982541

the only way to remove cheap teams from existing is total overhaul to player compensation. why has player development become the most important thing for every well-run organization? because players make no fucking money early on in their career, so churning out cheap young stars and contributors at an enormous surplus is the key to sustaining winning on a budget.

Aaron Judge as a rookie was an MVP runner-up and his salary that season was league minimum. exploiting this is the job of every top executive in these front offices, it's why the free agent market has dried up in recent years except for true superstars, who are always worth paying (unless you're the Red Sox). paying market value for merely good and aging players is just not worth it for most teams, and any system where paying actual fair value to workers is discouraged is a broken one

the closest thing to a compromise that teams are actually doing is these early extensions like the aforementioned Corbin Carroll one, but even these are still extremely team-friendly like 80% of the time, and in some cases like the Ozzie Albies or Ronald Acuna deals they are outright robbery