'The fact of the matter is, what the club is saying is I’m not paying for you for what you did the last six years, I want to see what I’m going to get going forward. '
Players have expressed anger following the second straight slow free-agent market, one that saw record deals for top stars and plummeting prices for many journeymen.
"Now all these clubs have algorithms that you pump in how they perform, what their ages , and it tells you on a predictive basis what you’re going to get from that player," Manfred said. "Players will say to you, I’ve served my six years, right? I’m entitled in free agency to get a multiyear contract at X level. The fact of the matter is, what the club is saying is I’m not paying for you for what you did the last six years, I want to see what I’m going to get going forward.
Manfred rejects claims by the players’ association that jettisoning veterans in favour of rebuilding is tantamount to not trying to win. "We think less pitching changes makes the game shorter and forcing the pitcher to at least pitch to three increases the likelihood that the hitter may have an outcome that produces action in the game," he said.
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