Several MLB teams might be trying to lose in September.
I'm not talking about the players on the teams, nor am I talking about any kind of sportsbetting scandal.
Remember the movie "Major League", where the fictitious Cleveland Indians owner intentionally put together an awful team, for purpose of losing enough games to move to Miami? (This was before the Florida Marlins existed.)
Well, that's kind of what's happening here, except it's not about moving. It's about draft budgets.
The Mets have already started this, running out Daisuke Matsuzaka (10.85 ERA) and Aaron Harang (9.12 ERA).
I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but this makes sense: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/po...g-in-september