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That the skyrocketing salaries since 1975 have, as their first cause, the bidding wars for the superstars. Implying that GM's have always intuited the inherent value in the superstars.
At times, GM's have been too linear in the salary structure, paying the same $/win for ARod as for Raul. I am willing to pay a higher $ per Win for Barry Bonds than for Adrian Beltre. It frees my roster for bargains at the bottom end.
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But even then, they have "paid" the superstars in terms of added years on the contracts.
It says here that superstars are worth more per Win than civics. But the superstars seem to receive length of contract rather than height. Not sure why a Lackey tends to get 5 x $15m rather than 3 x $18m.