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To clarify, we are agreed as to how players SHOULD be paid. Jarrod Washburn should make like 2 mil, not 12. That would be the only way to pay superstars what they are actually worth. The MLBPA jimmied the salary structure, though, not the owners.

I tend to agree that the game is being silly not rewarding the superstars for what they actually contribute (I'm a capitalist, after all!), but we live in a reality where superstar bases aren't worth what stoploss bases are worth and it makes no sense to pay average-guy dollars for superstar bases in this environment. If you do, you'll be out of money and have one good player.

The bottom line...it does no good for either of us to complain about the system or argue based on the 'average free agent' ratio for superstars. We have to judge superstars against other superstars when deciding whether their contract worked out...because they're filling one of a team's "we need awesome numbers" Yahtzee slots...not "we need stoploss".

And, I'd point out, even if you judge Cruz by superstar dollars, he's still making his money.