10-04-2018, 09:41 PM
(10-04-2018, 09:34 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: In order to keep elite talent during their prime, you have to be willing to pay for the back half. You better believe that Trout will get his huge pay day where he gets paid a boat load while not being worth it towards the end. He was actually starter level WAR this year at 2.5, so that process has begun. But it's not his fault they wasted his high 5's and sometimes low 7 WAR days during the past 10 years.
I get that, I’m just weighing the wisdom of those contracts for teams that won’t spend. (Small market)... I do like Votto and really, really hope that he ages well because I don’t think he’s going anywhere.
