***2023-24 MLB Off-Season Thread***
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Not this time. This guy doesn't make $50 million a year off the field. He wants his money now.
If the dodgers don’t win the World Series they should shut down their franchise immediately
My God does Baseball need a damn salary cap. I've been getting into it more and more the last couple years with the new "fan friendly" rule changes, but the lack of salary cap is just f**king insane and stupid.
Some teams like the Dodgers are paying more for a single player annually than some teams have entire payroll.
But as we saw this last season with my Snakes, it's all about the results.
Some teams like the Dodgers are paying more for a single player annually than some teams have entire payroll.
But as we saw this last season with my Snakes, it's all about the results.
I’ve had a love hate relationship with baseball my whole life. As a Twins fan I had to watch them get swept by the Yankees every time they made the playoffs. The Twins finally had a good year in 2023 and announced they are going to slash payroll because of their TV deal. It’s a good thing I love an underdog. I’ll keep watching but it sure is an uphill battle if you aren’t in a big market.
The way it is right now. If you’re teams isn’t the Dodgers, Mets, or Yankees. You’re a small market team.
Unless the CBT goes up significantly, which I don’t see happening because it would only benefit the Dodgers, the Dodgers will be paying over $100 MM, over 30% of their CBT, to guys no longer on their roster OR a 37 year old Yoshi Yamamoto in 2035.
I’m in the minority but I don’t want a salary cap. The Dodgers are going to be great the next decade, but the expense will be putting together a terrible product on the field in 2035-2045 because they can’t afford FAs and their farm system will be trash because of CBT penalties.
I’m in the minority but I don’t want a salary cap. The Dodgers are going to be great the next decade, but the expense will be putting together a terrible product on the field in 2035-2045 because they can’t afford FAs and their farm system will be trash because of CBT penalties.
KidSilverhair
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Well, maybe a salary cap plus a solid floor on spending by owners. There are too many clubs where the owners pinch pennies and run their payrolls on the cheap while pocketing the cash inflows from TV/MLB. Make every owner spend at least a certain percentage of their cash flow on salaries, instead of trying to run a glorified AAA roster to up their profits.
CycloneErik
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Ummm...go ahead and give me the immediate decade of dominance please.
I just love the idea of GMs in 2033 saying "haha, jokes on you, you can't sign any more free agents" after they win 5 World Series in a 10 year span.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto agrees to join Dodgers on record 12-year, $325 million deal
One of the greatest pitchers in Japanese history is heading to MLB in another huge offseason victory for the Dodgers.
Dodgers rumor is that they are working a deal to bring over Emmanuel Clase from Cleveland. 44 saves last year.
That's just a silly statement. There are grips to have for sure with ownership/managment, but there is a point where is just not financially viable for teams to spend like the Dodgers/Mets. And investing a record contract in a pitcher who never has thrown a pitch at the MLB level is one of those things that makes no sense for almost every other team.
The Giolito from three years ago might have been worth that kind of money. Stretch signing by Boston IMO.