Speaking of trades, at least Chapman isn't on this list[/url] like Sandoval.

It has got to sting to continue paying someone 10s of millions of dollars per year while they are not playing, injured, or just have become a terrible player. Their #1 untradeable is Hector Olivera. How can you pay someone in their 30s, 10 million a year for 5 years without scouting them in the minors and having any way to determine performance? Yes, he played in Cuba, but that's not the big leagues! Even Harper signed at the Rookie league min of 500k straight out of high school and now he's getting paid 2 mil/year! Here you have a ROY, MVP, Silver Slugger, and multi-year all-star getting paid 5x less than Olivera.

Clubs should wise up and start tying the bulk of salaries to performance objectives with behavior clauses. MLBPA probably wouldn't let that happen and clubs probably aren't hurting for money which is why they make these deals in the first place.

P.S. Harper could enter arbitration at the end of this year and he's a free agent in 2019. This kid will either end up in NY or Boston. If he lands in Boston, I'll buy a Harper jersey. If he lands in NY, well, you know how that goes 😀