The Ultimate Failure of Moneyball

Re:The Ultimate Failure of Moneyball by maudineormsby on Friday October 23, 2009 @01:43PM (#899230)

I'm not familiar with the arguments for and against a salary-cap in baseball, but in the NHL (my primary sport) it has done a great job of making the teams relatively even. There's no equivalent to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NHL - the worst teams last year were in the playoffs just a bit before.

I am not sure that buying talent helps the top teams as much as it pushes the worst teams down by making it impossible for them to afford to keep their talent.

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Re:The Ultimate Failure of Moneyball by Joboo on Friday October 23, 2009 @03:24PM (#899447)

There are a lot of systems in place to help small market teams, including "profit sharing" and a compensatory draft system.

One of the differences between MLB and NHL is the number of teams that make the playoffs each year. In hockey you get 16, in baseball there is only 8 across the same number of total teams. I'm sure the commissioner would love to change that, but the season is too long as it is.

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