This is happening in almost every sport now. Even in soccer, there are new players but unless their name is Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, there’s nothing distinghuishable about them.
“...there’s nothing distinghuishable about them.”
Excerpt at the pay check, the mark of success. But how come everyone is a star and deserves star wages that were ridiculous to begin with? Since we are talking about baseball, let’s look at the display of success versus recognition. Success is based in dollars since the job can’t be compared.
The average paid player in baseball in 2019 which was the last full year before covid really set in and clobbered the income is around $4.36 million dollars. The average income for people in the US is $87,864 in 2019 which during the same time frame.
I was a military troop. At the end of my career, when I was retiring after 32 years of service, I was making around $90K as year. I guess success isn’t a part of the equation as the average average is over $25M more than I made at the average of my career field.