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<blockquote data-quote="Illiniaaron" data-source="post: 1449909" data-attributes="member: 29101"><p>Isn't this whole situation with Machado and Harper just a continuation of what we have seen in the free agent market the last couple of years? Last year the big story was front offices finally acknowledging the metrics of the decreasing value of starting pitchers and surprised everybody by not chasing the big names. Contracts were for less cash and for fewer years and many cried "collusion!" And it has been a theme over the past few years that some of these big offensive names aren't going to be paid for what they have done in the past but for what they are projected to do in the future to avoid disasters like the Pujols signing by the Angels. Owners in general aren't burning cash in the fireplace anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiniaaron, post: 1449909, member: 29101"] Isn't this whole situation with Machado and Harper just a continuation of what we have seen in the free agent market the last couple of years? Last year the big story was front offices finally acknowledging the metrics of the decreasing value of starting pitchers and surprised everybody by not chasing the big names. Contracts were for less cash and for fewer years and many cried "collusion!" And it has been a theme over the past few years that some of these big offensive names aren't going to be paid for what they have done in the past but for what they are projected to do in the future to avoid disasters like the Pujols signing by the Angels. Owners in general aren't burning cash in the fireplace anymore. [/QUOTE]
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