Many members of the victorious 2000 team have been hired away by wealthier teams.
Thus, Finley was spared from having to compete with wealthier teams for top talent.
Such are the tribulations of a wealthy, talented, veteran team with injury problems plaguing the starting pitchers.
The easiest to recruit, for a wealthy team such as the Rangers, are unrestricted veterans over age 31 who have played out their contracts.
If they were eliminated, the wealthier teams would not have to share their revenue with them.
Why did he pass up the chance to see how the wealthy teams in baseball live?
And the wealthy, big-city teams have not dominated.
Giambi wanted protection against a trade to a wealthier team after giving the economically weaker Athletics a "hometown discount."
In theory, such concentration of free-agent skill makes for better racing (at least in matches between wealthy teams).
The wealthy teams just have a better selection.