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Re: MLB 2019: Every Year at Playoff Time, The Dodgers Find A Way to Choke.
I'd say it operates for a lot more than just the top 5% of the stars. Minimum salary has nearly doubled in this century. It was $200,000 in 2000 and is $555,000 this year. It was $30,000 when I was a high school freshman, and just $15,000 the year free agency was ruled the law of the land in baseball (the result of a brilliant and creative reading of the standard player contract at the time by the union's staff). The average salary cracked the million dollar per year mark for the first time in the early 1990s and now is $4.36 million per year. After reaching $4.45 million in 2017, salaries have seen an unprecedented 2 year decline, most likely due to collusion by the owners to sign fewer free agents to large contracts. When the inevitable grievance is won by the MLBPA, expect the award to effectively raise the averages the last two years. The players who will benefit most from that are not the Manny Machados and Bryce Harpers of the world.
If you spend just 2 or 3 years playing in the majors (like most players) you will make as much money as many people will make in their working lifetimes. Any player who signs a multi-year contract will make tens of millions. Any player who becomes eligible for salary arbitration and is offered a contract will make millions. While not finding a way to support the career minor leaguers (which is a stain on its record) the MLBPA is likely the most successful union in the annals of organized labor and it's success reaches every single major leaguer.
I'd say it operates for a lot more than just the top 5% of the stars. Minimum salary has nearly doubled in this century. It was $200,000 in 2000 and is $555,000 this year. It was $30,000 when I was a high school freshman, and just $15,000 the year free agency was ruled the law of the land in baseball (the result of a brilliant and creative reading of the standard player contract at the time by the union's staff). The average salary cracked the million dollar per year mark for the first time in the early 1990s and now is $4.36 million per year. After reaching $4.45 million in 2017, salaries have seen an unprecedented 2 year decline, most likely due to collusion by the owners to sign fewer free agents to large contracts. When the inevitable grievance is won by the MLBPA, expect the award to effectively raise the averages the last two years. The players who will benefit most from that are not the Manny Machados and Bryce Harpers of the world.
If you spend just 2 or 3 years playing in the majors (like most players) you will make as much money as many people will make in their working lifetimes. Any player who signs a multi-year contract will make tens of millions. Any player who becomes eligible for salary arbitration and is offered a contract will make millions. While not finding a way to support the career minor leaguers (which is a stain on its record) the MLBPA is likely the most successful union in the annals of organized labor and it's success reaches every single major leaguer.
