| During this baseball season I have noticed some | | | | we take this kind of numbers as reference, there |
| sort of discomfort from the MLB fans. I have | | | | are also some valuable MLB players being |
| asked around and a common complaint is that | | | | underpaid, with contracts that earned them only |
| MLB players are not giving their best | | | | $500 000. This is not making any sense if you |
| performances because they may have lost their | | | | ask me. Right now in baseball, major league |
| will to achieve more; some MLB fans blame this | | | | standings are normal, yet the fans seem |
| lack of motivation to the fact that they feel the | | | | concerned about the kind of plays they are |
| players are overpaid. A fan actually told me, and I | | | | actually watching. We all know for a fact that |
| quote "making $10-20-30 Million over the next 6-8 | | | | most of the overpaid baseball players are not |
| years, it would be natural to slack off because I'm | | | | providing much game. At this moment, the New |
| already being paid for good or bad future | | | | York Yankees is the highest paid team in Major |
| performances." This worries me since Major | | | | League Baseball, almost earning twice as much as |
| League Baseball was actually one of the most | | | | the Boston Red Sox; the worst paid team is the |
| respected sports, are the MLB teams really | | | | Florida Marlins. |
| messing things up with the players' salaries? Are | | | | Baseball teams are also being more open to the |
| the fans really bored of watching million dollar | | | | kind of deals they are able to offer their players; |
| baseball players "slack off" at a game they love? | | | | such is the case of the Milwaukee Brewers, who |
| A possible solution to this issue, could be to | | | | have two of their most important players on less |
| actually have a base salary for all the MLB players | | | | than $500 000 contracts. Some regulation is |
| and bonuses that will increase depending on the | | | | obviously necessary, unfortunately no one seems |
| players' performance, yet this solution could be | | | | to ready and get their hands dirty on a clean up. |
| kind of utopist for now. Some of the most | | | | For the moment, we can sit and watch the |
| overpaid players right now earn more than $14 | | | | matches hoping that the baseball betting odds |
| million dollars, which is the case of Carlos Delgado | | | | remain profitable and not think about the players' |
| from the New York Mets, at this moment Carlos' | | | | wallet while we are at it. |
| contract is worth a nice $14.5 million dollars. Yet, if | | | | |