Also, as much as stupid talking heads like Harold Reynolds claim that he'll "kill them" if they yank him after 165 innings or whatever, that seems like plain baloney to me. Major league players have to be generally smart enough to understand their own value, and even if they're not, their agents are smart enough to explain it to them.
I'm sure Boras has explained the difference between Mark Prior's long-term financial health ($13 million in career salaries) and Matt Cain's ($150 million plus).
They make too much money, for themselves and for the franchise, for a single World Series to be the determining factor when he probably changes our chances of winning from like 15% to 20%.
