I want to be clear from the start. I am now, and I always have been on the side of the players when it comes to salary. They are entitled to whatever they can get. Scott Boras and Gerrit Cole can convince NYY that Cole should be paid $324MM, and that becomes his Fair Market Value (FMV). But Scott has no right to dictate to the owners as a group that they need to open up their wallets if they are not signing his players. It is a negotiation, and not all teams are always willing to meet the price of the player and his agent.
Are MLB Owners Short Sighted?
