It's silly to not acknowledge two sides of this argument. Rizzo "babied" Strasburg - sure. Strasburg was pissy about it at the time - sure. Hopefully he's mature enough now to understand why Rizzo did it, and maybe he owes part of that $175 million to Rizzo not abusing him in search of a title.
Hopefully Harvey enjoyed that pennant, and maybe it was worth it, but someday he'll probably be mature enough to understand maybe it contributed to the fact he'll never sniff anywhere close to $175 million.
It's hard to be more insidious than to be a private citizen imploring young kids to grind themselves up to win championships for a bunch of doofuses they'll never meet (read: you and me). Glory doesn't last forever, but you know what DOES last forever? A conservative 2% draw off $100 million in the bank.
