Never one to shy away from expressing his opinion, White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams shared his thoughts on the idea of paying Albert Pujols $30M per season.
“For the game’s health as a whole, when we’re talking about 30 million dollar players, I think it’s asinine,” Williams said in an interview with Comcast SportsNet. “We have gotten to the point of no return. Something has to happen. And if it means the game being shut down for the sake of bringing sanity to it, to franchises that aren’t going to stop the insanity, I’m all for it.”So it's asinine to spend $30M per season on a perennial 7 WAR player (Pujols), but it's a good thing to spend $26M per season on two players (Konerko and Dunn) who are not only older, but will only provide 4-5 WAR per season. Gotcha.
I really wish these "the sky is falling" arguments with regards to Pujols's contract demands would go away. These same cries were around when A-Rod signed his landmark 10 year $252M deal in 2000 as well. Do you know how many $200M+ deals have been signed since? One. One! A-Rod's 10 year $275M contract in 2008. If Pujols signs a comparable contract, I think it's safe to say that it won't change the landscape of baseball's financial structure.
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