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From the standpoint of the young player, I agree. Y'might remember that I argued that Stephen Strasburg could be paid $50M or more and there would be no breach of logic whatever.
Across the internet so far, we'd been talking strictly from the perspective of the MLB game -- whether hard slotting increases the Boston-New York hammerlock or whether it doesn't.
Broadening the perspective to include the interests of the young players, I'll sign off on your argument in a heartbeat.
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Charles O. Finley once growled, "Make 'em all free agents." Every player in the organized game, one year at a time, no exceptions. :- ) ... that's the way my job works, anyway.