Free agency in Major League Baseball

Ever wonder why Major League Baseball has the problems it has? I do every winter, when teams go out to fill there hole's through free agency. This winter is a perfect example of the money problems that plague baseball.

How does the Commissioners office expect other teams to be in the same ball park. When money being offered by the rich teams, could be as much as 15-25% of the value of there entire franchise. How can the have nots expect to be competitive with the haves when they can't match the money?

This winters big free agent is C.C. Sabathia, no question or argument, one of the great lefties in the league. The Brewers make a great offer of $100 mil for 5 years. This is out of the stratoshpere of an offer for a club in a small market. Then we have the New York Yankees, a team that lives in the stratoshpere, comes in a makes an offer of $140 mil over 6 years. WOW! This more than the Mets paid for Santana last year. How about the Yankees blowing any other offer out of the water. The Yankees just eliminated all but 5 or 6 teams from making an offer on him.

Now I'd like to say that the way the system is set up I have no problem with how these teams operate. How do the small market teams compete? I know there are some competitive ones, but will really win a title or play at a high level year in and year out.

I would just like to remind the Yankees of a great player with a huge contract. Alex Rodriquez, what has it got you? Thank you to the Texas Rangers for trying to compete at a level that they have never been at.