Some times the other guy is going to beat you. The question is whether it's OK to not just beat the other guy but "show him up" as the old parlance puts it.
The Bautista bat flip seems to me to be a bit of a precedent-setter on this. Texas players obviously took serious exception to it.
The Padres' power really went off last night. I do have to wonder about the celebratory antics and whether some opposing players are going to take serious offense to it.
FanGraphs says he's worth more than that. But it says the same thing about Kevin Pillar. It's just not the player profile that's getting paid right now.
This comment has nothing to do with whether we should try to re-sign JBJ, only with the pay system itself.
JBJ's arbitration salary for 2020 was $11 million. But the consensus seems to be he's only worth about half that.
Have we reached a point where some guys will make more money in their last year of arbitration than they could make as free agents?