Harsh as it may sound, this is one of the fundamental features of professional baseball in Taiwan. Most enterprises sell goods or services, but the CPBL sells baseball games. And all team operations, including players, inevitably fall within the careful calculations of the team. Anything not calculable according to economic rationality easily becomes a subject of contention.
說來其實頗殘酷的，這正是職業棒球的本質之一，一般的公司賣產品或服務，但職棒賣的是棒球比賽，球隊的一切經營，包括球員，都必須在球團精算的範圍之內，不合乎成本效益的，就有得拉扯了。