I thought the MLBPA association had reached the height of absurdity when Max Scherzer was pushing for a salary floor for teams. His words gave away his real intent: artificially create a situation where teams would have to pay mediocre players inflated salaries.
3 1/2 months later here comes Joc Pederson, throwing the Guardians, Orioles and Pirates under the bus. Whereas Scherzer has some street cred based on his ability, Pederson's comments are really self-serving as he IS one of those mediocre players who would be helped by a salary floor.
But the question to Mr. Pederson is why, if your team sucks, would you waste money on mediocre players who will not really change the narrative of your season.
I agree that the Indians are not spending money as they should if you look below at the bad position we are currently in relative to our relievers and pitching staff, in general.
However, for a hanger-on like Pederson to make comments like this are embarassingly self-serving and not appropriate. The Guardians organization has continued to produce winning teams with that low payroll and are near the top in developing prospects. Have they made mistakes this winter that better spending would have helped? Yes, absolutely. But their winning has been accomplished without overspending on mediocre players.
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