They held on to their top 4 prospects and lose no one off the roster, and still get Skubal. Cubs former farm hand is the centerpiece of the package Detroit gets back. Rich get richer.
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I am increasingly convinced the Dodgers unlimited payroll is an owner's conspiracy to win public support for a salary cap.
Salary cap baseball would be meaningless dreck. "Content" in the worst sense of the word.
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
It’s not like LA is simply firehosing people with money like the Yankees and Red Sox of ~20 years ago. They’re just taking advantage of the fact that seemingly every other front office in the league is playing scared.
A raised salary floor with no salary cap is my hope.
My hope is the Dodgers get thrown out of MLB.
If the owners are glued to that, there won't be baseball in 2027. I do agree that there has to be a way to limit or close the gap(by a lot).
The problem is that the players union won't go along with it whatsoever. 0% chance. Now, we're looking at players giving in and crossing a picket line(NFL in the late 80's).
The players not making millions about millions will eventually give in, but at that point, will they have lost the fans? If there's one thing that COVID did teach us is that people will find other things to do. If they erase an entire summer, there's a lot of options out there.
It'll be interesting.
It would improve things quite a bit. On the list I looked at 17 teams are at $150M or more. The 13 teams below that mark are a combined $560M under that. That’s a fair amount of stars/very good players that wouldn’t be on the Dodgers and other teams with high payrolls. But no way owners would agree to a floor without a cap.
All the deferred money is an issue too. Some kind of formula to curtail that vehicle for getting around a cap would be good too.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
They literally had $1.1 BILLION of deferred contract money before adding Skubal. The numbers are insane at this point.
You shouldn't give up 2 runs a game in a 3 game series and lose 2 out of 3.
How can Nico not challenge that Ball 4 in the 7th??? I know I'll get a lot of pushback on this and I love Nico but that was just a case of way too much self-confidence thinking he'll get on even if the call wasn't right. Ok. Have at me.
How can Nico not challenge that Ball 4 in the 7th??? I know I'll get a lot of pushback on this and I love Nico but that was just a case of way too much self-confidence thinking he'll get on even if the call wasn't right. Ok. Have at me.
He most definitely not thinking situation, time and score. You have to challenge that even if the umpire was right. Nico is a very cerebral player that didn't make a very cerebral decision.
That said, this offense is wildly overrated. I know the stats are there, but they're skewed because of the outbursts they do have over long stretches where they'll score 13, 10, 8, 7, 9, but then follow it up with 0, 2, 1, 1, 2. It balances out, but it's a roller coaster. Right now, they lost a game(vs The Cards) where they let up 0 runs and lost in extras. They let up 2 runs and won in extras, then this Yankees series, where the pitching was phenomenal......they lose 2 of 3.