southsider2k5

He didn't, so unless there is something else in the deal that wasn't talked about, this did nothing for him.

This lockout in a nutshell

He wouldn't have gotten this raise.

I swear I was just doing research!

This is exactly why I refused to buy anything until after the CBA was settled.

See the difference is that if I thought my company wasn't treating me right, I could leave. Instead baseball tried to build a comparison system to try to equate players under this system. The whole point of quantitative analysis is also to try to get the underpaid and appreciated their fair share. It isn't only owners doing this. You have someone like Scott Boras doing this as well.

Good lord. That Russian troll farm bad though they might be busy.

And they become bacon. Win/win.

Yes because contract negotiations and arbitration haven't been doing that for decades.

You lost me in the 1st sentence. Negotiations imply 2 parties negotiating in good faith. That has never happened here.

I would imagine that will now have to be a part of negotiations as well.