[Westheim]

Now, I've been blasted for this by a certain Mr. Schilling before, but I find $1M, or even $485k a pretty damn good salary, especially since it is paid to young or career fringe players on minimum contracts. (Don't even get me started on the high-priced veterans)

Name one profession other than in sports where a newcomer, or somebody who's performed well below expectations for a decade or more, gets paid the spectacular sum of $485k per year. I find this a princely payment and I really can't cry for them.

Furthermore, those young players under team control will not throw games either for those beggar's alms, either, because they can literally sniff their 5-year, $80M payout down the road. And even the fringe players won't jeopardize their minimum contracts since once banned from baseball they might possibly end up frying chicken at KFC. And how long do those people take to make $485k, 20 years?