Top college players are also pros now. And many of the best ones end up playing for a different team every year of a college career, just swapping out to the highest bidder.
Years ago, this was more common in pro sports but recently there has been a trend towards much much longer contracts. I kind of wonder if this trend might begin to reverse with recent market economics and a possible new salary cap. But I don’t think there’s any chance we will go back to the heavy prevalence of one year contract contracts.
But I also think more likely there could be a trend to shorten the rookie control Before free agency from six years down to say four years like the NBA and NFL have. Quicker free agency gives younger players a path to earning more sooner and might end up as a compromise chip necessary to get the agreement to a salary cap.
How might this shift large medium small market teams strategies around developing teams, trading anything not nailed down, designating franchise players,etc
There’s a trend in college for shortening player commitments to a year at a time
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Re: There’s a trend in college for shortening player commitments to a year at a time
In baseball, make all player FA eligible after one year (100 days on the 26). Flood the market with FA’s and let supply and demand suppress salaries.
Re: There’s a trend in college for shortening player commitments to a year at a time
Some amateur GMs on this site would hate that, lol.
No more waiting until you organically develop 4 4+fWAR pre-ARB prospects before you can hire a team.
College is there now. MLB will probably catch up at some point. The power dynamics will continue to shift more to the talent, including the young talent.