The question here isn't "what is a 20 win pitcher worth" or "what are X home runs worth". It's a question of how much your presence will increase the franchise's value.

That's not only about performance on the field, but how many tickets you cause to be sold, how bankable you are for the team, how much attention you generate.

Sports are a business that is much larger than what fans think a certain player is "worth".

Basebal needs a minimum and maximum salary cap.

Why? Where is this coming from that there is no parity in baseball?

Last time I checked nobody named the warriors or patriots seems to win championships in other leagues.

Baseball salary cap rules are not so bad because the only way to get the best of the best free agents is to throw an obscene amount of guaranteed money. Pujols ended up being a brutal signing for the angels. The yanks paid out the ear for guys like Jacoby elsbury and ARod to not actually play later in the contract. If you want to create parity, stop Manfred from ruining the game with home runs. The salary cap is not the issue. Bad spenders get punished big time for dumb signings.