OT: Highest salaries in baseball in 2021 (see #13)
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The Pirates are the "Gabes" of professional baseball.
And that is exactly why I will not pay to see them ...
Nutjob is a penny pinching schmuck ...
I don't like Nutting. He let a good team die on the vine after the 2015 season. But this current team should have an extremely low payroll as it's a full rebuild. No sense in spending money now (though they will need to spend some to fill out the roster).
Right but when that has been the excuse for 25 of the last 28 or so seasons they should expect the cynicism.
It's because they've never actually committed to a rebuild. Usually they were getting back AAAA guys or lower ceiling prospects in a half-hearted attempt to "compete". At least this is a full rebuild. I am cynical as well and have no doubt Nutting will fail to augment this team when they are good again. But I am at least impressed with what Cherrington has done so far.
I am not sure that is all Pirates. Every other pro league can have a salary cap (and consequently a salary floor) but MLB won't. I have a feeling a serious lockout is around the corner and there wont be 2022 season.
They will NEVER spend the money, wake up, good lord, people are so damn gullible
Does MLB care about this? Do the players? Their top end salaries are some of the hirst in sports. They have average to below average players getting paid too much. The top teams don’t have any problem paying for players and probably don’t care that other teams can’t. The bottom feeders don’t seem to care about winning and are still making money. I agree the MLB should get with the rest of the leagues, I just don’t think they have much incentive to.
Yeah, it looks like that number only includes guys who have gone through the arbitration process (or past that, which the Pirates only have one guy), because those contracts are guaranteed. But the Pirates only have 11 guys like that. Which means you really need to add at least 15 guys at the major league minimum to that number. Which would get them to around $39 million.
Which is embarrassing enough on it's own. No need to exaggerate the number to make it seem worse.
What I mean is the Pirates will add salary in the form of some free agents before the season. Of course their payroll will still be in the bottom quarter of the league and will probably settle in at 60 mill or so. It will increase every year as the young guys gain experience. How high it goes is the problem.
I agree that it is likely they are going to sign a player or two, especially pitchers. But they aren't going to get anywhere close to $60 million. There's a good chance they won't even get to $50 million.
I'm not expecting them to spend the necessary money when the time comes. I'm just saying this isn't the time where you'd spend it anyways.
I am not gullible, just realistic. I'll enjoy this young team building into something good again. I realize they are probably never going to compete for a WS due to ownership.
Couldn't imagine how much an Aaron,Mays,Clemente,Koufax,May's,,, type players would be worth in this $$$$ Era of baseball as boring as it is
Really, the problem is they have none, zero, zilch, incentive, they are all making so much money no one cares. The top teams and players love having the bottom feeders on their schedule, pump up their players numbers, rest players, etc., lots of wins,the bottom feeders like Bob "Nothing" have no stress, make millions and are counting on their children to also make millions in the years to come. You would think that drafted players wouldn't want to be part of these losers but it is the easiest path to that mlb status and money so "whoppee I am a Pirate!!!!!"
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