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Originally posted by CDL Commish
It's not realistic unless that player has spent most of his career in the minors. 2 stars would insinuate the player is just below average versus the rest of the MRs in the league. Just below average is still worth alot more than the $300,000 automatic minor league contract.
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Check out studies like this:
http://149.43.80.142/cs100homeS02/sf.../ExcelTOC.html
You'll see how low the salary of a below average player would be. The salary structure in MLB is heavily favoring those above average. And we all know that a two star player is just a fringe MLB player, because all one star players should be in the minors. Remember, when you said "below average in the league", it's not equal to "below average in MLB". It is "far below average in MLB".
And I don't know why would you think it's not realistic for a player with major league experience to accept minor league deals. Some examples from this year: Robert Person, Tony Clark, Donovan Osborne, Ron Gant, Rick Helling, B.J. Surhoff, Jay Bell, David Cone, Carlos Baerga, John Valentin, Esteban Loaiza(!), Brian Daubach, Gil Heredia, Ron Coomer, Eddie Perez, John Vander Wal, Damon Buford, Juan Acevedo, Graeme Lloyd, Pat Mahomes, Alex Ochoa, Ruben Rivera.................. All of them accept a minor league contract before spring training this year.
How different are your examples from these bunch of guys?