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Attempting to discuss monetary matters in MLB in a "logical" fashion is a fool's errand. It cannot be done, because the MLB system is so bizarrely contrived with so many disperate moving parts that it's long ago passed beyond comical, past farce, into just plain insane.
Moving parts is another good way to put it.
I guess my #1 pet peeve is the current tendency for smart guys to believe that they've captured all the variables. And then to condemn those who dissent from their (naive) pronouncements.
Don't mean to get sour about it, but the dogma is pervasive these days. We're suffocated by the "correct/incorrect" pronouncements on a day-in, day-out basis.