TarponChaser said:
South Platte said:
Time to slap a salary cap on MLB starting in 2026. Don't care if we miss a season. No exemptions. Do what needs to be done.
I'm good with this.
But there also has to be a salary floor too so cheapskate franchises like the Pirates, Rays, etc are forced to spend. And no more deferred contracts.
There also needs to be real revenue sharing, ending of the individual TV stations (like YES Network), and a streaming package so that 100% of games are televised and available on multiple streaming platforms. I'd also like to see it fixed so that ballclubs can't screw players on major league service time.
Every team could do what the Dodgers have done. The teams are owned by billionaires. It's the greatest magic trick in history that the owners of teams like the Pirates and Rays and A's have managed to win the sympathy of so many fans who now call for a salary cap to solve the injustice of baseball's economic system.
All a cap does is to ensure a certain level of profit for all owners and artificially limit what players can be paid. It'll create "parity" in that all teams will equally suck just like the NFL. Teams will have to pick the one or two core players they can pay and then watch the rest of their guys sign elsewhere.
What we have right now is the best for baseball. If the Rangers draft 9 future hall of famers in the next 3 drafts, they could all be lifetime Rangers if ownership is willing to pay. In a world with a cap, only 2 of them can be and the other 7 are sacrificed in the name of parity.
Again, the owners are billionaires. Their problem is that despite their billions they run these like businesses and want to turn a yearly profit when instead they should be focused on winning and retaining players that help make that happen. None of them are going to the poor house for signing a Soto or Ohtani despite what they may claim in public.
