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Should young players be paid more?

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Prince Fielder and other young stars are itching to get paid. MLB Story lines Miracle Mets? Power Outage? Big-Time Tigers? AL East? Torre-Girardi? Mitchell Report? Barry Bonds? Ready Rays? Fluky Rockies? Contracts? Perhaps the best argument for developing homegrown talent is how inexpensive it is. Dustin Pedroia, who was AL Rookie of the Year and a postseason hero for the Boston Red Sox, was paid $380,000 in 2007. Milwaukee paid Prince Fielder and his 50 home runs $415,000. Nick M ...

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