10-06-2010, 05:30 PM
Ok, please allow me to rant.
It is my opinion that in this league, like most leagues nowadays, we should have everybodies Farm System and even Medical System be equal, set at $5 million or so.
Now, everybody is going to have the occasional late round draft pick that blows up, and thats fair. However, my concern and the problem with having teams be able to set their own farm expenses is that the large market teams once again have an unfair advantage. When a team can put however much money they want towards their farm, they are going to come up with the late 2nd Round picks that peak at 97 and even late first round picks that peak at 97 or 98 alot more often than any small market team can have. The large markets already have a huge advantage in being able to afford the Big Talent FAs that no longer can be afforded by the small market teams. The one chance the small markets have is to develop their talent all at around the same time and have them peak at around the same time to make a run at the WS for a few years before they all are lost to FA. But with unequalized farm systems, the large market teams have a big advantage in this area as well because they can actually develop the young guys alot better than the small markets.
Now, with a payroll around 90 million, I am not really in either category. So, I am kind of in between the two extremes..... Now, having said that, Im certainly not painting myself as someone who is trying to stick-up for the little man. I just would like a league that can be more competitive longterm, and not become one-sided in the future.
Another point to make, is I think this would be more like real life as well. The development of prospects has been pretty even over the years in real life, not really learning towards the large markets having the advantage. Smaller markets like Tampa Bay and Florida have had very good development systems in the Majors, while the largest market of them all the Yankees havent really had a good development system in place since the 90's. But as stated previously, in this league, the big markets clearly have the advantage based on the way it is set up.
Thank you for your time. :)
It is my opinion that in this league, like most leagues nowadays, we should have everybodies Farm System and even Medical System be equal, set at $5 million or so.
Now, everybody is going to have the occasional late round draft pick that blows up, and thats fair. However, my concern and the problem with having teams be able to set their own farm expenses is that the large market teams once again have an unfair advantage. When a team can put however much money they want towards their farm, they are going to come up with the late 2nd Round picks that peak at 97 and even late first round picks that peak at 97 or 98 alot more often than any small market team can have. The large markets already have a huge advantage in being able to afford the Big Talent FAs that no longer can be afforded by the small market teams. The one chance the small markets have is to develop their talent all at around the same time and have them peak at around the same time to make a run at the WS for a few years before they all are lost to FA. But with unequalized farm systems, the large market teams have a big advantage in this area as well because they can actually develop the young guys alot better than the small markets.
Now, with a payroll around 90 million, I am not really in either category. So, I am kind of in between the two extremes..... Now, having said that, Im certainly not painting myself as someone who is trying to stick-up for the little man. I just would like a league that can be more competitive longterm, and not become one-sided in the future.
Another point to make, is I think this would be more like real life as well. The development of prospects has been pretty even over the years in real life, not really learning towards the large markets having the advantage. Smaller markets like Tampa Bay and Florida have had very good development systems in the Majors, while the largest market of them all the Yankees havent really had a good development system in place since the 90's. But as stated previously, in this league, the big markets clearly have the advantage based on the way it is set up.
Thank you for your time. :)