childsmwc wrote:As far as evaluating $10-$12 million hitters goes, how is that issue unique to 2014, didn't the same dynamics exist in the 2013 set. I would disagree that you need bonds numbers at that price, what you need is relative offensive value compared to overall offense in the 2014 set. So if offense is suppressed you get less total offense for the price this year, but equal relative value. As an extreme point of reference look at the 69 game and the offense per salary you get there.
You're right about relative offense as compared to overall offense in the 2014 set. However, that doesn't settle the issue. You also have to compare the 10 mil-12 mil cards to the various individual cheaper cards that provide similar or comparative offensive production. In other words, are there enough cheaper cards providing more production per dollar paid than the "mega-cards" to make buying those mega-cards a bad decision. If those cards actually did have Bonds numbers, that decision would become more complicated, so it's not entirely irrelevant to the purchaser's decision.