How does the new posting system benefit "small market" teams?

[vwnut13]

Yu Darvish:

$52mm Posting Fee
$60mm Contract / 6 Years
$112mm Overall Cost
$10mm AAV


Masahiro Tanaka:

$20mm Postin Fee
$120mm Contract / 6 Years (estimate)
$140mm Overall Cost
$20mm AAV



At the end of the day, all the new posting system did was drive up the price of the contract.

 

[gmsieb]

Contracts are going up.

 

[George_Calfas]

Is the lower posting number creating high contract values or is Tanaka viewed as a better SP when compared to Darvish?

 

[gmsieb]

Contracts are going up, there isn't much fa pitching. Tv money is really helping the teams that have deals.

Yu is the better pitcher.

Lincecum has has 2 crap years in a row and got 17.5 mil per. Yu would be getting 20-25 per if posted right now.

Trout will get 300-400 soon.

 

[OscarOne]

My perspective: the new posting system is really just--I don't want to say trick--an attempt to drive is price up by making the posting fee more manageable, not no less expensive. Really, I think it's just helping the three or four teams that realistically had interest to have to pay more--which is bad since it puts more distance between the lower and height market teams.

 

[sheetskout]

I think you just answered your own question. It doesn't. It was a token-change that let a bunch of decision-makers claim they are helping small-market teams. Happens in businesses around the globe all the time.

It's the same thing when Phillip Morris produces a commercial telling the public they are helping kids get an education (at the same time hurting/killing thousands each year with their primary product). It's a PR move.