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This just in! Albert Pujols signs with Anaheim Angels

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TraceOneInfinite:
baseball really needs a salary cap, because it is unfair to small market teams like the Kansas City Royals.

The Angels wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overpaid for Pujos.  The guy had a down year last year and he is only getting older.  Yet they sign him for 10 years!!!!   But since there is no salary cap in baseball I guess it is normal to overspend for big market teams.  Therefore I can't tell the owner of the Angels he was wrong, because if he doesn't mind spending the money, then it will only help there team.  And maybe they will even win a championship.  But there's no way Pujos in his 30's is worth this kind of money!!!

Chamillitary Click:
^I don't see why. The Yankees, Mets, Redsox & Dodgers have the biggest payrolls & they always find a way to lose. Three of those teams didn't even make the playoffs last year. Texas is small market. The Giants are small market without a hitter in their lineup. You small market teams just have to start spending.

BOX5 the best poster on this site yell:
Big payroll don't always mean success in baseball, a sport where 30% means you are a great hitter proves that. Fat Albert made a great choice in the Al his last 5 years can be striccly dh, he wouldn't have that luxury in the nl. Yell

MistaNova:

--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click; #TeamBox on December 09, 2011, 09:58:21 AM ---You small market teams just have to start spending.

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Personally I like how small market teams don't/can't offer much. It makes the players hungrier and work harder. Look at how Mauer signed a $184 million contract and became Mr. No-Show. I'm pretty sure Kemp and Pujols will go down the same road eventually. Plus Ichiro's contract ends after next year, who knows how much teams'll pay for him (if he's still productive and chooses to remain active that is)?

Chamillitary Click:

--- Quote from: Iveus on December 09, 2011, 07:17:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click; #TeamBox on December 09, 2011, 09:58:21 AM ---You small market teams just have to start spending.

--- End quote ---

Personally I like how small market teams don't/can't offer much. It makes the players hungrier and work harder. Look at how Mauer signed a $184 million contract and became Mr. No-Show. I'm pretty sure Kemp and Pujols will go down the same road eventually. Plus Ichiro's contract ends after next year, who knows how much teams'll pay for him (if he's still productive and chooses to remain active that is)?

--- End quote ---

Baseball comes down to pitching in the end. If you get some great young pitching talent (like the Giants), you can win.

The Yankees & Redsox have the best lineups money can buy & although they've had their shares of World Series wins this last decade, small market teams have gotten & won it all.

Also, I agree with your logic. Those big contracts satisfy all the hunger a player will ever have. However, I don't see Pujols falling victim to that. If his numbers ever fall off, it'll be due to age.

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