Yeah some of these contracts post 2013 are becoming ridiculous. I haven't seen on that high 50mil but I've seen plenty of 33.5 mil ones for crap players. I trade Mitch Moreland to Boston because he was wanting some outlandish salary from me and Boston in the next year ended up offering him like a 7 year deal of 33.5 mil a year. I laughed as of course just like always these high paid players DON'T produce.
I personally won't pay much higher than 20mil cap or I'll make an offer with a large amount in the last year with "team option" and of course never accept the option.
As far as this
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I can't seem to keep my fan interest higher than 81, despite three straight playoff appearances (and one World Series appearance).
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That's probably because you're in the same state as the Rangers and the Rangers are more popular. Pack up and move to another state that has no baseball team like Oklahoma or Louisiana and build a pitchers park and offer $1 beer promotions....if you build it they will come.