In Summation, but not in closing

As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, Major League Baseball has many choices to make to direct the new era of baseball. With an ever-increasing intellectual fan base brought on by the technology innovations in the past ten years, MLB has the ability to shape the game that will maximize its attractiveness in every market by giving teams the freedom to run themselves as they see fit. This starts with the ability to evaluate and compensate talent in new ways with more sophistication than in previous collective negotiated agreements. The need for this kind of evolution coincides with advanced baseball analysis philosophy permeating into mainstream media. Employing the recommended changes to the new collective bargaining agreement will allow both owners and players to maximize on their performance. It is vital to the relationship between both that respect is given to each side during the negotiations so that progress is made to solidify these changes in MLB policy. This blog has shown how much sense it makes for both sides to reconfigure the MLB Draft and Free Agency system in order to increase the level of competitiveness and revenue for all of the organizations in the league.