quote:Originally posted by theEH:quote:I also don't believe that the best player's are at the top.
Let me explain this statement.
I believe that club's are reluctant to bring a player up to the MLB in there minor league system if that player is hot, for fear of hurting the ego of one of there so called star's thats having a not so good a year.
EH
EH,
I am sure that can be a reason, but there are many more business reasons that often surround this issue. Those almost always derive from a player starting to be credited with Major league service time.
When a player starts to accrue Major League service time impacts when he might get to be arbitration eligible, eligible for a pension, free agency and the like. Many clubs pay very close attention to the arbitration aspect so as to extend, for as long as possible, the player obtaining that "right." If it means having that player in Milb as certain times of the year, even though the player has nothing to prove, it is a business decision that will be made.