He'll also turn 37 before the next All Star Game, he is a decent but not exceptional defense player, and his offensive stats are starting to reflect his age.
Not too many 40 year old position players in baseball make $15 million a year.
True dat - I bet he makes it to The Hall, but even Paul Molitor became a DH (and I don’t see the Yanks giving him that spot).
The new rule among MLB General Managers is that you do not offer extended or high price contracts to any player over the age of 36.
In the old days players were paid a lot less, think Reggie Jackson under $1 million, and you could afford to keep a legacy player around for old time’s sake. Those days are gone. Most of the older guys are coming off huge, long term contracts and then they are just going to have to graduate into a series of one year contracts, and probably with a new team. What is unethical or unfair about this?