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Message: [QUOTE="bpo57, post: 3291185, member: 1572"] Maybe I'm missing something but the author focuses heavily on the savings associated with the luxury tax. What about the savings related to not having to pay out $15 million of annual salary to Price (and his shaky elbow) for a few more years plus the expected outlay of $30 million for Betts per annum well into the 2030s? Time and time again it's been shown that teams that pay out mega contracts for players live to regret it. The list is rather lengthy. It's quite likely that baseball attendance and viewership will decline over the next ten years. All the signs are there. Getting tied to massive contracts is a fool's errand. Maybe there is a reason why Henry accumulated $2.7 billion (per alsacs) of net worth. He's smart enough to see what's coming down the line. And why should he be expected to subsidize massive contracts with his personal wealth anyway? What other MLB owners do that? [/QUOTE]