A cap would be to accomplish parity. We already have that for all but the teams

Oct 25, 2024
9:01:56am

Methusaleh22 Truly Addicted User

that refuse to spend. Thus I agree with your call for a floor... which would in fact impact the high salary teams ability to acquire cheap depth.

But a cap is unnecessary and dumb for baseball which has built in parity.

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id rather we get hit by a meteor than see the yankees or dodgers pay their way to another championship board!

dryflyelk All-American

8:09am

It's a myth that you can buy World Series championships:

Methusaleh22

8:18am

How do you feel about BYU's basketball roster?

COACHdrn

8:23am

RE: How do you feel about BYU's basketball roster?

Methusaleh22

8:24am

They are paying what everyone else is. Dodgers and Yankees are the worst. MLB

Stucoug83

8:32am

Huh? Did you not see the article on here saying BYU was gonna pay a guy 5.5...

COACHdrn

8:36am

Look at all the power 4 teams. It is exactly what they are doing

Stucoug83

11:15am

Gotta love bitter sports fans

MrSandman

8:39am

Figure what out? There have been 16 different teams that have won a ring since

Methusaleh22

8:44am

Good point..as proven in 17 you can also cheat your way there.

ordinary tri guy

8:23am

The 3 highest paid teams this year were the Mets, the Yankees, and the Dodgers. Forth was like $60M behind

dryflyelk

8:33am

I find it interesting this angers you at the Yankees, but not the A's. The

Methusaleh22

8:50am

what makes you say that? the A's make me mad as well. I'd LOVE to see baseball have some kind of salary basement and cap

dryflyelk

8:55am

A cap would be to accomplish parity. We already have that for all but the teams

Methusaleh22

9:01am

Doesn’t mean teams don’t try. And the Dodgers and Yanks are try hards.

Coach's Dad

8:34am

Pretty sure the announcer said during the division playoff that the Padres payroll was higher than the Dodgers

valcorger

8:21am

Either way the bottom 15 teams are not winning a W.S.

ordinary tri guy

8:24am

Unlikely but the bottom 15 have won 3 of the last 23. That's 1 more than the

Methusaleh22

8:28am

And the Mets also, right?

COACHdrn

8:26am

That one is true. Padres not close. Dodgers 5th behind Mets, Yankees, Astros

Methusaleh22

8:31am

Padres are still paying 70 million dollars less, even if you don't count

spidercoug

8:29am

....if you don't count the fake contract Ohtani has for "2 million" a year, then maybe

dryflyelk

8:31am

No it's not. It's costing them $46MM which puts them just behind the Mets and

Methusaleh22

8:35am

I’m excited for when we get to hear Utah fans making similar complaints about

califcougar

8:38am

just because your team is cheap, no need to hate those who aren't

Count Cougar

8:52am

Im a red sox fan, so many times I'm the pot calling the kettle black - but i hate it for all MLB teams

dryflyelk

8:57am

But why? There hasn't been a dynasty in MLB since the 90s. The Dodgers 4 World

Methusaleh22

9:09am

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9:03am

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