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Friday, August 12, 2011
Joey Votto, saberist
Whoah. He understands it perfectly.
He knows that NFL and NBA players reach some form of free agency at least two years sooner than baseball players do. He says, “Over that first six-year span, you’re probably paying a guy 15 to 25 percent of what he’s worth. He’s getting the minimum for three years, then 40, 60, 80 percent, roughly’’ of what the market says he’s worth.
“You get to call a player up, whenever you want. You get to delay his (arbitration) clock. It can be very fair for all the small market teams. Look at Minnesota. Tampa Bay has had a pretty good stretch. Payroll matches market (size), with some exceptions. Baseball is doing a pretty good job,’’ Votto says.
Glove-slap: Joe.
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