11-10-2021, 04:18 PM
(11-09-2021, 07:21 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: What they really need is a salary floor. There's no reason any team in MLB right now should be spending less than $80m/yr on their payroll and ideally no less than $100m.
In 2021, there were 4 teams that didn't even spend $60m on their payroll. This year the Athletics are already looking to get down to a $55m payroll, reportedly, after $91m last year.
Too many tanking teams with cheap owners. It's not good for the sport.
I think you are wrong here. The issue isnt teams not spending money, why should teams over pay the players? The issue is the salaries as a whole, they are too high.
If you put in a salary floor, is that going to make players want to go to Pittsburg more? No, what's going to happen is Pittsburg will be forced to over play some of their own talent to stay, in turn, driving up all player salaries, and therefore repeating the cycle.
