02-25-2010, 01:47 PM
<!--quoteo(post=80626:date=Feb 25 2010, 10:55 AM:name=Qalex1)-->QUOTE (Qalex1 @ Feb 25 2010, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My only problem with that argument is that it makes no sense. If I pull stats off baseball reference, and I say “Player A is a left fielder. Here are his stats from last year. Are you pleased with the results or not?”
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
109 503 453 76 127 27 0 29 75 19 3 43 103 .280 .344 .532 .876 119
You can’t possibly answer the question, without some reference to his salary and expectations (which is what salary is basically measuring. Higher expectations, higher salary) If Player A was expected to be a scrub off the bench making the league minimum, you are over-the-moon ecstatic with those numbers. If Player A turns out to be Alfonso Soriano in 2009, taking up a percentage of the payroll, you’re not so happy. Players are always judged relative to their expectations (and therefore salaries).
Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s not room to criticize Jim Hendry for the monolithic contract.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So the NY Yankees won the World Series last year but did so with players with bloated contracts. 6 of the highest paid players in baseball played for the Yankees in 2009. Does that mean that they didn't win the Series?
Rating a team or player has nothing to do with salaries. Baseball does not discount a team or players accomplishments if they are overpaid.
Do you recall what Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musical, Willie Mays, Nolan Ryan or any other baseball greats made in relation to other players on their teams or other players in the league at the time they played?
Probably not. That probably has something to do with the opinion that a player's salary has nothing to do with his accomplishments.
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
109 503 453 76 127 27 0 29 75 19 3 43 103 .280 .344 .532 .876 119
You can’t possibly answer the question, without some reference to his salary and expectations (which is what salary is basically measuring. Higher expectations, higher salary) If Player A was expected to be a scrub off the bench making the league minimum, you are over-the-moon ecstatic with those numbers. If Player A turns out to be Alfonso Soriano in 2009, taking up a percentage of the payroll, you’re not so happy. Players are always judged relative to their expectations (and therefore salaries).
Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s not room to criticize Jim Hendry for the monolithic contract.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So the NY Yankees won the World Series last year but did so with players with bloated contracts. 6 of the highest paid players in baseball played for the Yankees in 2009. Does that mean that they didn't win the Series?
Rating a team or player has nothing to do with salaries. Baseball does not discount a team or players accomplishments if they are overpaid.
Do you recall what Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musical, Willie Mays, Nolan Ryan or any other baseball greats made in relation to other players on their teams or other players in the league at the time they played?
Probably not. That probably has something to do with the opinion that a player's salary has nothing to do with his accomplishments.