It was reported Thursday afternoon that Carlos Silva signed with Seattle for $48 million over four years. Is that a big enough sign that baseball needs to make some changes???
MLB needs some kind of change, I don’t care what it is. Shut the league down until these contracts get under control. A salary cap would be preferable.
In 2006, Silva put up a 4.19 ERA and had a large 1.31 WHIP…both of those are slightly below his career numbers. Would you sign him for $12 million a year?
This is not only an issue with the owners and players, but it is an issue with us the fans. If we did not buy the tickets, jersey’s, memoribilia, or watch the games on TV there would be no money.
The companies that advertise pay a pretty penny knowing we will tune in to check out the local sports teams. If there was no money, there would not be these outragous contracts.
While I completely agree that Carlos is not worth his paycheck, if we were not the ones watching him, he would not get that paycheck.
Just a thought.