The Dodgers made a shit tin of money this last season and are reinvesting it on the franchise. They’re remodeling Dodger Stadium and are using that money to sign players. How is that bad?
Everyone wishes their teams were like LA. They’re just hating. I really don’t care us long time Dodger fans went through some tough times with our last owner whose name I won’t even say.
@@jlopez1017d just think if you were a fan of a franchise like... the Royals or Guardians- in a competitive window but don't (and really can't) sign multiple superstar players (Freeman, Ohtani, Snell, etc.). It is a kick in the nuts and reduces your interest in the sport. That's just the fact, Jack. Don't care if you are a dodgers fan or not- that IS just the way it is, no matter your opinion.
Man. My poor Reds have been assigned to the minor leagues. But I do feel that the Dodgers are playing a very smart financial investment with the players they are signing. Majority are hating because the Dodgers are doing it well.
Here's the real reason the other teams aren't doing well. Look at these numbers from the scrooge Index ( how many teams just pocket a ton of money and then cry poor to their fans) The number means the team percentage of the revenue they're spending to bring in players / have a better team. Obviously the Mets just throwing money and not using it wisely (2 contracts they're paying for and the players are playing for different teams). The Dodgers are just investing wisely on pitching and fit to the team, that's why they're dominating. The rest don't want to spend more and bring in more revenue is the reason they aren't winning. They do have the money but won't spend it properly to have a better baseball team. Blame your billionaire owners for not stepping up. 1. Mets - 102% 2. Dodgers - 67% 3. D-Backs - 66% 3. Blue Jays - 61% 4. Royals - 59% 5. Braves - 56% 6. Phillies - 56% 7. Rockies - 55% 8. Padres - 54% 9. Giants - 54% 10. Rangers - 54% 11. Yankees - 52% EDIT: Ken Rosenthal being stupid complaining about the Dodgers but when the Yanks were outspending everyone in the 90's and 00's, it's not an issue? GTFOH! Now your Yanks won't spend because junior likes his money and won't spend it. Suck it Rosenthal! Stupid take!
@@philipfountain8074Well MLB needs fans to support this league. What they are doing is driving people away from the game. Assuring that their local team has no shot at winning and expecting them to still support is wishful thinking. Its happening more and more.
@@troymiller1426 The problem with this line of thinking is that it is bad for the sport to only succeed when an NY team plays an LA team. In an ideal world the ratings wouldn't fluctuate much. Super Bowl rating absolutely don't depend on NY v LA.
If Ohtani, Betts, Freemans deferred money was counted then the Dodgers would have been way higher. It's the AAV that benefits from deferred money. Imagine if the Lakers just signed the 5 players that had the best sponsor deals and deferred their entire salaries for 20 years because the players were happy to live off $50m+ per year from sponsors. They could essentially build the Dream Team off deferred money.
The league needs to deal with this LA Dodger thing and the sooner the better. People will stop watching No need when there is an extremely small chance of winning. The Dodgers pitching staff was decimated last year and they STILL won easily. Now they will have Ohtani, Snell, Dustin May, Walker Buehler back. Well everyone can offer deferred contacts - yah sure, anyone going to accept deferred money to play for the Brewers / Twins or even the amazing city of Toronto ? Nope - nadda
Whats funny , Before Snell signed with the Giants last year. He was looking for a longterm deal and no one wanted to offer him the contract. Even the 182 mill right now. Teams didn’t wanna give it to him but all of a sudden Dodgers said ok we’ll give u a long contract. Everyone is up and arms about it. There were plenty of times other Teams could have signed him but they didn’t...Also, Deffered contract is not exclusive to Dodgers. All MLB teams can do the same,. Actaully deffered contracts has been happening for more than 30 yrs. that's why there was a Bobby Bonilla contract.
And these people act as if the Dodgers *never* have to pay the deferred part of the contract or something. Come 2035 the Dodgers are going to have a large part of their payroll going to people who are already retired. This is not insignificant, as they will need to find a way to continue fielding competitive teams with 20% less payroll space to work with.
@@dsinsocal Not true they have all those years to set that money aside and they have an 8 billion dollar TV contract. Thats not even the japan money they have coming in. They basically have unlimited money
Thde Dodgers didn't have a choice as their starting pitching had to be upgraded if the Dodgers were to compete again fot the WS. If not Snell, they would have gone after Burnes, Fried or some other front line, QUALITY starter, through free agency or a trade, it would have happened.
I would say timing of spending money is more important. However, I would say you are also correct in spend the money and stay in contention even when times are rough.
Can you not understand that only a very few markets have that type of revenue streams. The NFL and the NBA both have salary caps for a good reason...and are far more balanced because of it. Sure, go run a league with 5-6 super teams. Watch the numbers of people watching or attending just drop like a rock. That's what you're suggesting. Would you like to see the Cowboys sign every big star and finish 15-2 year after year and win the Super Bowl 4 or 5 years in a row? Maybe you would. Few others would agree. Talk to a Pittsburgh, Tampa or Seattle baseball fan for some balance.
When the Dodgers were owned by Frank McCourt and they had to file bankruptcy because he was broke and sold off the best players nobody felt bad for the Dodgers so yes it is time to run it up
@@lynnbyrd9819 I do not understand where this delusion that the NBA is more "balanced" comes from. For 10 straight years the NBA Finals had either a Lebron team, the Warriors, or both. No 8th seed has ever won the Finals and I think only 3 have ever even made it to the Finals. Most lower-seed teams don't even make the Conference Finals. MLB has seen a larger # of different teams reach or win the CS and WS this century than the NBA. One NLCS team just this year was a wildcard. What balance??
Sorry Alanna but that was a very misinformed question. The Dodgers are not “changing the way they go about the contract terms” - deferrals have been around for many years. Bobby Bonilla, anyone? And more recently, Strasburg, Scherzer, etc. Deferrals are nothing new- and last time I checked, it was Ohtani who proposed to the Dodgers deferring most of his contract.
Because not only are Dodgers spending, they are spending it on top tier players…they aren’t throwing mega bucks (and wasting money) to people like Carlos Rodon, Verlander, Olson, Chapman, Trea Turner, Trevor Story, Swanson, Bellinger, Scherzer, DeGrom, etc., hampering that team’s future spending. These are nice players but not ones that currently move the needle based on their salary
Dodgers deferral is not about flexibility. Snell CTB is $32m/yr that is the same as his SF salary last year. If he had signed for $32m AAV with no deferral, no one would have blinked an eye. This is solely about state tax. So if we want to talk about fair, how about leveling the playing field where CA, NY teams have 13% contract disadvantage on TX, FL, WA, etc teams? No one seems to care about that. Why not have luxury tax number be on Net salary taking into account state tax? For example
Great for baseball. Players union has never complained about LA and their spending ways. Revenue sharing with team owners that clearly use it as an investment is a problem. A commissioner appointed by the owners is a problem. A pitcher shouting from the rooftops about cheating substances and being ignored is a problem. An international market poaching talent from 3rd world failed states is a problem. Teams blocking prospects for service time manipulation, or don't graduate prospects unless they sign a team friendly deal is a problem. Umpires that resist incorporating technology to assist calls is a problem. A team investing their profits back into their product creating a winning culture isn't a problem. It should be the standard.
The Cubs are acting like the Pirates, but they're rolling in the dough. They have the most expensive tickets in the National League, and have the highest "ballpark experience" prices in MLB.
Well true the market decides. But if Soto is 600M then why does market want to see Judge, Harper…? And there are such gap in their “monetary value”. They say Soto is young but that is no guarantee that he will last long. Soto could be worn out by 35 (he already can’t play defense!) And these are the same media who were screaming that Ohtani cannot be worth 600M. Mad Dog Russo even said he would NEVER ACCEPT Ohtani getting a penny more than 500!! Now these same people are saying 650 is okay with Soto. This only proves Shohei Ohtani is gravely underpaid!!
How are the Dodgers changing the rules of signing player with deferments? Have you guys heard of Bobby Bonilla? Just because you are much better at something everyone else has been doing and can do doesn't mean you're changing the rules.
How the hell does anyone in mlb or a fan of any other team think the Yankees have so many rings? They spent the damn money to get the players nobody else would pay for. The same thing still applies, if you don't spend you don't have a chance.
The Dodgers spent a truckload last year, but still had to overcome a ton of injuries. Some teams are just not being creative and the owners are too cheap.
Dodgers built this team for a decade now. From that horrible Frank era where no one wanted come to Dodgers to become a team where everyone wants to be part of. Current Dodgers organization spent in favor of fans after their acquisition, and despite Dodgers not winning the last game of the year often, they continued to build the team culture and structure that we see now. Dodgers are making so much money as well with their smart investments, and even all these spending does not hurt their financial status.This is truly fans dream of the team well built. Why shall we punish the team that is doing the right ways versus teams just not spending? Yes, many are tied with their local tv network crisis, but there are still teams who can invest more and stay competitive. In fact, all team can spend more than now to improve their chances. Why punish the role model but ignore those teams who profits from luxury taxes and not even investing? Loooooosers.
Proposal: Whatever the revenue sharing amount is each year, every team can only receive up to half of their payroll. For example, the Rays had a payroll of $100M so they would only receive $50M in revenue sharing. This prevents owners from just pocketing it. The exception is if the team can prove they were in the red, then they can get half the payroll + however much they were in the red.
My opinion of Scott Boras was formed years ago when the rumor was he got the Dodgers to bid against themselves in the negotiations that landed Kevin Brown the first $100K contract. He's good for players but I've never thought he was good for the game. When fans say players should get as much money as they can, I think of kids whose parents can't afford to take them to see a game in person.
Even the experts not understanding the deferred payment system is a problem of this country though. All teams still put their deferred salary (at least starting within a year or two) into escrow every year. It's not like if somehow new ownership acquires Dodgers 10 yrs later, they would to cash in to covered those deferred salaries. No, they won't need to. MLB checks every year if teams are separating their required funds every year. Also, Dodgers are using signing bonuses and deferews payments to compete against the teams with no income tax.
I don’t mind not having a salary cap, if a team makes more money, they should be able to spend more money. However I do feel there should be a limitation on deferments. Such as not able to defer over 1/2 the annual amount of the salary so that way there is a bit more balance. The Ohtani 2 mill a year for first 10 years is crazy to me.
Well the good news is Ohtani's literally the only player ever to do more than 50% (or even 30% I think) and let's all be realistic here. He's the only player that ever will.
The best thing Dick Monfort, the Rockies owner, could do is fire himself and hire a real baseball man, like Buck Showalter, to come in and run the operation. Give him carte blanche to clean house and reorganize the scouting, drafting and development organization. Changing the culture of the Rockies should be the top priority. No one in the front office is ever fired or held accountable, even with back to back seasons losing 100 games.
The AAV shouldn't be lowered by deferred money. The smaller revenue market teams can't compete with sponsor dollars, media deals, ticket pricing, etc. If teams in major markets can manipulate AAV this much there will be 2 leagues over time... 1. A super star league and 2. a 4A league that feeds the super star league. It would be better for baseball if the field was leveled.
She said…”The Mets owner has more money than God.” 1. Don’t tempt God 2. The baseball luxury tax still keeps the wealthiest team owner’s in check. If the Mets pay Soto an outrageous high dollar contract, then they’ll have a low imbalance of funds remaining to sign their remaining roster spots…
A salary cap is okay in Football. A league that is easily the largest sports league in the United States. Football is not losing ground to any other sports leagues or any other types of entertainment. It could affect baseball very negatively. The Guggenheim group has marketed the Dodgers brand extensively. In other countries the Dodgers are a huge name now. It wasn’t that way when they purchased the team. The World Series was huge internationally this year. That is directly because of what the Dodgers have done. If you want to have a payroll like the Dodgers you have to sell baseball to new markets. It is the only way it is possible. The Dodgers being forced to increase the popularity of their team and indirectly of the sport means growth for every team involved in MLB. The last time all eyes were on MLB was simply due to a steroid controversy. For once people are paying attention to watch the greatest 2 way player in MLB history on one of the greatest teams ever assembled. Imagine Ohtani stayed on the Angels. There is no way baseball would have experienced the same growth. The owners can create a hard salary cap. They can go with socialism in baseball if they want. It will certainly hurt MLB as a whole. I am sure the players association will be against it. I would assume most owners would be intelligent enough to realize that the Dodgers putting half their money into revenue sharing is helping all those small market teams. More importantly the eyes the Dodgers have been able to bring to baseball has helped every single team exponentially. Each team in MLB is more valuable then it was ten years ago. That is as much in part to the work of the Dodgers as anything else. Putting a cap on their salary is basically putting a cap on their desire to create new ways to increase revenue and grow MLB as a brand and baseball as a sport. I am pretty sure that is why you do not hear any ownership vocally complaining about what the Dodgers are doing. Most of them see what is going on. Most of them care more about their profitability than the amount of games that they win. The fact is they have benefitted from the new evil empire.
MLB is the only major sport that doesn't have a salary cap... it's also the sport that has the most *different* champions over the past 10 years. Find a new justification for a salary cap.
The Dodgers as an All Star team does put a drag on other spending. If the goal is to win the World Series, and a team like the Dodgers is going to be there year in and year out, is a huge contract for a superstar worth it if it's not going to pay off in a WS championship?
Deferred payments can be a significant issue and shouldn't be allowed. What happens when the debt all comes due and it can't be paid. The assumption is it always grows. Look at what's going on in global soccer, debts can't go above levels for a reason.
they just want to play with Ohtani. When you are unwilling to spend money to sign Shohei Ohtani, you are already doomed to fail. Shohei Ohtani can share most of the pressure of other stars, which is the most important thing
Every owner and owner groups are billionaires. If your billionaire owner doesn't want to spend and make a winner then boycott your team. Worst team in baseball the A's just got a brand new billions dollar stadium from Vegas and the owner was given billions in cash
The deferred Ohtani money is on the union and MLB who should have never allowed them to do it in the first place. In this year alone counting the Snell money they've spent $1.2B.
MLBPA will never agree to any kind of salary cap. MLB should insist on deferred money being part of the luxury tax calculations, and MLB should also have a threshold for how much of their payroll is deferred and for how long.
The real problem will be if this deferred money scheme is still sustainable after five years or so. If you can, in fact, beat the system and just spend without any real limit.
Although deferred payments on salaries have been around, with Ohtani’s deal last year & now Snell this year coming to the public’s attention, it looks like we are heading to a new MLB world where you will have several super teams vying for championships. After that there will be a good many good teams that will maybe make the playoffs but that will be about it & then you will have a lower level of teams that will be just that.
We fill the stadium every night. Have a competitive, well run team, and have an innovative, legal way to pay our players. Haters need to change the rules.....or quit whining. 😛
Does Blake Snell's reported $182 million contract increase the trade value of Seattle right-hander Luis Castillo? Castillo, who has a no-trade clause, has three years and $74.5 million remaining on his contract with a vesting option for a fourth year. Snell and Castillo, who were born eight days apart, have each made 211 starts in their MLB careers. Snell has posted 24.5 fWAR and 23.4 bWAR over 1,096.2 innings while Castillo has posted 23.9 fWAR and 24.0 bWAR over 1,230 innings. Over the past four seasons Snell has made 103 starts while Castillo has made 121 starts. Their contrasting 2024 numbers cannot be ignored but at what point does recency bias creep into the equation? A healthy Snell may well have the higher ceiling on a given day but Castillo has been more durable and reliable. Each quality provides value.
If the other BILLIONAIRES would quit gripping their purses. This wouldn't be a problem. Then they want the other teams to share their profits. Maybe there should be a rule of conduct for the owners.
So now the Dodgers got 2 ex Tampa Bay Rays pitcher's 1 who can't stay healthy and the other one who only goes 5 innings and doesn't work hard in training. 😂
Snell's ERA a couple years ago was over 4. The next year it was over 3. He has only been really good his 2 Cy Young winning seasons. He also has a history of injuries. He will be 32 y.o. in a few days Dodgers greatly over paid for Snell.
If the Dodgers fans go to the games to the tune over 3.5 million a year. is it fair to punish the fans? The dodgers put a good product on the field and the fans come. If these smaller markets don't fill stadiums why do the Dodgers fans have to be punished because of weak fans and weak owners.
Literally EVERY team can do what the Dodgers are currently doing. It's up to each ownership to decide whether or not to spend and on what to spend if they decide to do so. Some owners will remain happy by sitting back and collecting the TV money and other shared revenue. Those teams will remain losers. Other owners understand they must spend a little to remain interesting to their fans. Those teams will remain in limbo, never winning it all. Finally, some owners spend to win. Some spend on the minors and player development, some spend on keeping talent or acquiring more talent. These are the teams we know will compete year in, year out. Whichever owner your team has is what you have to live with. It's pathetic to try and bring everyone down to your level since your team has no desire to win.
Fake controversy. I wish Alanna would stand up for the team she used to work for and still sort of represents. "A lot of people are saying..." is not good enough.
The contract is not worth 700 mil in today’s value; why would you taxes based on that number. Bad take. If there was no deferment allowed, dodgers/Ohtani would not agree to a 700 mil. Ohtani was projected at the time to be mid 40’s million.
California. They are tired of us winning. Sure, we have issues, but we are always moving forward. It's like auto emissions. 49 states complained, but where are they now? Other teams will learn and follow if they are willing. Baseball the Cali way!!
This wining about luxury tax. Signing bonuses are counted against it. The money will be counted against the luxury tax when it comes due. Expecting it counting against the luxury tax now, is not reasonable. The state and federal government don’t collect taxes before money is paid. RIGHT? Do you hear dodgers (or dodger fans) whining that their players have a 12.4% income tax rate in CA? Get your team to step up like mine does.
When MLB rewards the As non spending by letting them get a new stadium in Las Vegas can only blame themselves. These owners have the money. BTW, the dodgers won in 1988, 2020, 2024. Doesn’t look like they dominated the World Series. Always told San Diego is small mkt but that owner spends and they are selling out the stadium. Come on people.
No mlb team has repeated since 99-00 yankees. Its not a salary cap issue. Cheapskate owners, incompetent front offices are to blame. People were quick to clown dodgers with mickey mouse ring, choking to nationals, astros, red sox, padres, dbacks. When dodgers win a title, the entire MLB is now imploding. Pathetic.
🤔If baseball doesn’t want another strike. They’d better get the Dodgers under control. The Dodgers aren’t doing anything wrong. BUT if fans starts to feel like their team has no chance to win. They will stop watching believe me!
@@DAndreFalcon It's not about my age but what I know about baseball. What the Dodgers are doing is nothing compared to what the Yankees did from the 50s on. A lot of teams have done deferrals. The Yankees have done it, the Red Sox, The Mets, and Max Scherzer (Do you remember Bobby Bonilla??? He retired in 2000 and his deferral started in 2004 and will last for 25 years). The main problem most people have is that the Dodgers just do it better. Deferrals are not just for the Dodgers. Every team can do it, but most owners are too cheap and don't want to win. Trust me we went through the same thing when Frank McCourt.
@diegoluna242 Interesting. Something is out of whack in the model for sure... why should teams that actually want to spend to win have to give other teams money who don't want to win?
@@oColt45o This is currently why owners don't have any incentive to spend money on FA or reinvest into their current players. You're right, the model needs restructuring cause the current model just enables owners to cheap out on their teams. But as a Dodger fan, I ain't complaining lol
The 600 lbs gorilla in the room that no one discusses is that all of these delayed, hyperinflated contracts are outstripping the fans - and even advertisers' - ability to pay. It's bad enough when MLB is trying - stupidly - to migrate, at least partially, from free terrestrial broadcasts to paywalled streaming. Already asking what fans are left to pay more. Most are broke or going broke in this economy. They can't pay more. In light of that, advertisers are going to see less bang for their buck as fans bow out, and paywalls cut the audience. The other big thing is that with the colossal disparity in team salaries, the competition level is already pathetic, so this creates a doomloop that I don't think Commissioner Gaptooth will ever address...I think you guys are right. I concur that private equity is seeping into Baseball, running up the credit card, and planning on dumping the teams to some gullible losers in the future - with too much debt to pay back, and too few fans to even care enough to buy tickets, concessions, merch, or even watch the games...MLB is the rabid monster that will eat itself...
The Dodgers shouldn't have gotten away with circumventing the luxury tax on the Ohtani contract. It's pretty much ruined, Mlb. It's already predetermined that the Dodgers will win the world series again and again. Just no sport in it . The NFL, NHL, and NBA isn't predetermined like this situation.
Baseball, an institution that rails against gambling within tbe game and rightfully so, have to resort to gambling companies as sponsors to support the game on the backs of the gambling population. It's a disgrace to baseball. After that money runs out with gamblers going broke then what will be next as a revenue source?
I don't care about the Dodgers spend but it should 1000% count against the current tax regardless of when they defer the money that's my issue with these deals
I think deferring is fine, the reason they do it is to lower the AAV. However, I don’t think anyone ever thought that a player would defer such a huge amount. The percentage of deferral should be cap at 50% max.
Is MLB not a business, just like all other pro sports? So just like any business, your goal is to grow, increase revenue, and attempt to beat the competition. So when other organizations cry and whine about what the Dodgers are doing, or any team in a similar situation; no sympathy here. Grow up already. Those teams ( again in any sport that complain about disparity, etc) How about focusing on "selling" the benefits of your teams to free agents. In the case of baseball, invest in your farm system, etc. Work on cultivating a winning attitude and organization. Last time I checked, Tampa Bay has had some winning franchises that contend fairly regularly and have reached the top on multiple occasions ( Lightning, Bucs, Rays). The Guardians are regular contenders, etc. On the other hand if you have ownership like the Pirates, A's, or White Sox- well, I do feel bad for the fans, unfortunately nothing fans can do until those 🤡 sell to new owners that understand creating a winning culture is what helps drive consistent success.
Teams are receiving alot of money from luxury taxes,tv money such as fox,tbs,espn and mlb network! Tigers,Cubs, Redsox,Whitesox, Giants and Mariners needs to stop being greedy and go sign players on the free agent market!
The Giants, Cubs, and Tigers have signed players... you haven't been paying attention. And in most years of this century the BoSox have not only spent, but OUT-spent most in the league.
@Isaac-qe2in I have paid attention, yeah giants,cubs and tigers signing minor contracts! Instead of actual players like Corbin Burnes, Max Fried, Teoscar Hernandez. Anthony Rizzo!
Why should they, when the likes of a Cody Bellinger, Javier Baez, Blake Snell have not paid dividends. The vast majority of these big ticket items ultimately just add up to poor production value per dollar.
@Isaac-qe2in those are not free agents! I'm talking about free agents and big names on the market that teams won't sign because they're greedy. If you pay attention the last 5 years, when spring training starts players are still on the market unsigned and the same thing is going to happen next year. Even a 9 year old knows that.
And those owners were proven right to not overpay for the likes of a Bellinger, Snell, and Montgomery last off-season. Just because rich owners may be able to spend, doesn't mean they should spend foolishly. You have no idea which teams have actually inquired in on free agents behind the scenes with the intention of spending, only to bow out because the price tags were just outlandish. Paying an Alex Bregman anywhere near $300M would simply be ludicrous!
There's a relatively easy solution to the small-market vs. big market unfairness problem without instilling salary caps! Have divisions based on market size, so the small market teams have an easier chance to make it to the playoffs and big market teams have to play other big market teams to make to playoffs (e.g Dodger - Yankees in same division and play each other more and only one can make the playoffs). Then playoffs anything can happen!
Add an additional penalty for the teams in the tax. I suggest a forfeit of draft picks say their first 6 picks in the mlb draft. You could do this with a floor giving up 3 middle rd picks if they don't meet the floor requirements
wait , why is all the framing all about deferred $. you do know that ALL teams can use the deferred $ thing too, right? it's not Dodgers fault other teams don't and their owners refuse to spend the $ their fans put into team. if they want a 'salary cap' , then there should be a 'salary floor' . make them misers spend their fans $ . screw those cheap billionaires. cry me a river. GTFOH.
The Dodgers made a shit tin of money this last season and are reinvesting it on the franchise. They’re remodeling Dodger Stadium and are using that money to sign players. How is that bad?
Everyone wishes their teams were like LA. They’re just hating. I really don’t care us long time Dodger fans went through some tough times with our last owner whose name I won’t even say.
@@jlopez1017d just think if you were a fan of a franchise like... the Royals or Guardians- in a competitive window but don't (and really can't) sign multiple superstar players (Freeman, Ohtani, Snell, etc.). It is a kick in the nuts and reduces your interest in the sport. That's just the fact, Jack. Don't care if you are a dodgers fan or not- that IS just the way it is, no matter your opinion.
@@endlessequinox3439damn straight !!!
Man. My poor Reds have been assigned to the minor leagues. But I do feel that the Dodgers are playing a very smart financial investment with the players they are signing. Majority are hating because the Dodgers are doing it well.
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Mlb needs relegation like the premier league.
Here's the real reason the other teams aren't doing well. Look at these numbers from the scrooge Index ( how many teams just pocket a ton of money and then cry poor to their fans) The number means the team percentage of the revenue they're spending to bring in players / have a better team. Obviously the Mets just throwing money and not using it wisely (2 contracts they're paying for and the players are playing for different teams). The Dodgers are just investing wisely on pitching and fit to the team, that's why they're dominating. The rest don't want to spend more and bring in more revenue is the reason they aren't winning. They do have the money but won't spend it properly to have a better baseball team. Blame your billionaire owners for not stepping up.
1. Mets - 102%
2. Dodgers - 67%
3. D-Backs - 66%
3. Blue Jays - 61%
4. Royals - 59%
5. Braves - 56%
6. Phillies - 56%
7. Rockies - 55%
8. Padres - 54%
9. Giants - 54%
10. Rangers - 54%
11. Yankees - 52%
EDIT: Ken Rosenthal being stupid complaining about the Dodgers but when the Yanks were outspending everyone in the 90's and 00's, it's not an issue? GTFOH! Now your Yanks won't spend because junior likes his money and won't spend it. Suck it Rosenthal! Stupid take!
Again not all teams have an 8 billion dollar tv contract that directly pays for the contracts.
@@scottyc1093 why not? Sorry. Should the Dodgers and Yankees move to freaking Nashville and Charlotte?
@@philipfountain8074Well MLB needs fans to support this league. What they are doing is driving people away from the game. Assuring that their local team has no shot at winning and expecting them to still support is wishful thinking. Its happening more and more.
@@scottyc1093 Is it driving people away? They just had their best World Series ratings since 2017.
@@troymiller1426 The problem with this line of thinking is that it is bad for the sport to only succeed when an NY team plays an LA team. In an ideal world the ratings wouldn't fluctuate much. Super Bowl rating absolutely don't depend on NY v LA.
The Yankees Mets Astros and Phillies all had a higher payroll than the Dodgers in 2024
If Ohtani, Betts, Freemans deferred money was counted then the Dodgers would have been way higher. It's the AAV that benefits from deferred money. Imagine if the Lakers just signed the 5 players that had the best sponsor deals and deferred their entire salaries for 20 years because the players were happy to live off $50m+ per year from sponsors. They could essentially build the Dream Team off deferred money.
The league needs to deal with this LA Dodger thing and the sooner the better.
People will stop watching
No need when there is an extremely small chance of winning. The Dodgers pitching staff was decimated last year and they STILL won easily.
Now they will have Ohtani, Snell, Dustin May, Walker Buehler back.
Well everyone can offer deferred contacts - yah sure, anyone going to accept deferred money to play for the Brewers / Twins or even the amazing city of Toronto ? Nope - nadda
Whats funny , Before Snell signed with the Giants last year. He was looking for a longterm deal and no one wanted to offer him the contract. Even the 182 mill right now. Teams didn’t wanna give it to him but all of a sudden Dodgers said ok we’ll give u a long contract. Everyone is up and arms about it. There were plenty of times other Teams could have signed him but they didn’t...Also, Deffered contract is not exclusive to Dodgers. All MLB teams can do the same,. Actaully deffered contracts has been happening for more than 30 yrs. that's why there was a Bobby Bonilla contract.
And these people act as if the Dodgers *never* have to pay the deferred part of the contract or something. Come 2035 the Dodgers are going to have a large part of their payroll going to people who are already retired. This is not insignificant, as they will need to find a way to continue fielding competitive teams with 20% less payroll space to work with.
@@dsinsocal Not true they have all those years to set that money aside and they have an 8 billion dollar TV contract. Thats not even the japan money they have coming in. They basically have unlimited money
Thde Dodgers didn't have a choice as their starting pitching had to be upgraded if the Dodgers were to compete again fot the WS. If not Snell, they would have gone after Burnes, Fried or some other front line, QUALITY starter, through free agency or a trade, it would have happened.
@@lespaul1968 mets owner is worth 20 billion
Salary floor, no ceiling.
how ab fans of the giants red sox cubs and others be mad their big market owners wont spend
I agree, owners don't want to spend money and fans get mad at the dodgers for spending money on players. Lol
Right? Last season they were talking about the rangers being a small market team... I'm like what? Have ya been to the Dallas Arlington ft worth area?
Agreed the red Sox’s owner owns a damn expensive soccer team in England
I would say timing of spending money is more important. However, I would say you are also correct in spend the money and stay in contention even when times are rough.
Giants owner would rather spend on apartment complexes 🤣🤣 But they mad at the Dodgers.. smh
Money will always be the strong motivator , but playing for the best ran club and consistent winner ( Dodgers ) is also in play.
Can you not understand that only a very few markets have that type of revenue streams. The NFL and the NBA both have salary caps for a good reason...and are far more balanced because of it. Sure, go run a league with 5-6 super teams. Watch the numbers of people watching or attending just drop like a rock. That's what you're suggesting. Would you like to see the Cowboys sign every big star and finish 15-2 year after year and win the Super Bowl 4 or 5 years in a row? Maybe you would. Few others would agree. Talk to a Pittsburgh, Tampa or Seattle baseball fan for some balance.
When the Dodgers were owned by Frank McCourt and they had to file bankruptcy because he was broke and sold off the best players nobody felt bad for the Dodgers so yes it is time to run it up
Really? The Dodgers destroyed pitchers arms this past year.
@@lynnbyrd9819 I do not understand where this delusion that the NBA is more "balanced" comes from. For 10 straight years the NBA Finals had either a Lebron team, the Warriors, or both. No 8th seed has ever won the Finals and I think only 3 have ever even made it to the Finals. Most lower-seed teams don't even make the Conference Finals. MLB has seen a larger # of different teams reach or win the CS and WS this century than the NBA. One NLCS team just this year was a wildcard. What balance??
Sorry Alanna but that was a very misinformed question. The Dodgers are not “changing the way they go about the contract terms” - deferrals have been around for many years. Bobby Bonilla, anyone? And more recently, Strasburg, Scherzer, etc. Deferrals are nothing new- and last time I checked, it was Ohtani who proposed to the Dodgers deferring most of his contract.
Why are so many teams so salty against the Dodgers ??
Might as well ask why people are so salty against California in general.
Because they are running circles around every organization in MLB. 😈
Because not only are Dodgers spending, they are spending it on top tier players…they aren’t throwing mega bucks (and wasting money) to people like Carlos Rodon, Verlander, Olson, Chapman, Trea Turner, Trevor Story, Swanson, Bellinger, Scherzer, DeGrom, etc., hampering that team’s future spending. These are nice players but not ones that currently move the needle based on their salary
Hate us cause they ain't us. Long time dodger fans know it hasn't always been like this... Cough Frank McCord!
@@275Vet-RLTW bro even before McCourt. The O Mallys were more about drafting, and developing players. They rarely gave out large contracts.
Dodgers deferral is not about flexibility. Snell CTB is $32m/yr that is the same as his SF salary last year. If he had signed for $32m AAV with no deferral, no one would have blinked an eye.
This is solely about state tax.
So if we want to talk about fair, how about leveling the playing field where CA, NY teams have 13% contract disadvantage on TX, FL, WA, etc teams? No one seems to care about that. Why not have luxury tax number be on Net salary taking into account state tax? For example
Great for baseball. Players union has never complained about LA and their spending ways.
Revenue sharing with team owners that clearly use it as an investment is a problem. A commissioner appointed by the owners is a problem. A pitcher shouting from the rooftops about cheating substances and being ignored is a problem. An international market poaching talent from 3rd world failed states is a problem. Teams blocking prospects for service time manipulation, or don't graduate prospects unless they sign a team friendly deal is a problem. Umpires that resist incorporating technology to assist calls is a problem. A team investing their profits back into their product creating a winning culture isn't a problem. It should be the standard.
You said it best Service Manipulation time! Some of these guys do not hit free agency until they are 30 and washed up or already peaked. It's a shame!
What you have mentioned as to why Baseball is a great sport: System Imperfection.
@floridasportsworld thank you for reading my comment and replying. I agree completely.
The Cubs are acting like the Pirates, but they're rolling in the dough. They have the most expensive tickets in the National League, and have the highest "ballpark experience" prices in MLB.
Ken is Wrong! Every team in the league is playing by the same rules. The inequity is owners not investing in their teams!
He is right about every team having different revenue opportunities. This was the original problem addressed in Moneyball.
It they select a salary cap, then they should remove team revenue sharing. Why pay other teams not to compete.
And a minimum salary spent yearly
Well true the market decides. But if Soto is 600M then why does market want to see Judge, Harper…? And there are such gap in their “monetary value”. They say Soto is young but that is no guarantee that he will last long. Soto could be worn out by 35 (he already can’t play defense!) And these are the same media who were screaming that Ohtani cannot be worth 600M.
Mad Dog Russo even said he would NEVER ACCEPT Ohtani getting a penny more than 500!! Now these same people are saying 650 is okay with Soto.
This only proves Shohei Ohtani is gravely underpaid!!
How are the Dodgers changing the rules of signing player with deferments? Have you guys heard of Bobby Bonilla? Just because you are much better at something everyone else has been doing and can do doesn't mean you're changing the rules.
How the hell does anyone in mlb or a fan of any other team think the Yankees have so many rings? They spent the damn money to get the players nobody else would pay for. The same thing still applies, if you don't spend you don't have a chance.
Present value. Unfortunately, it appears many people do not understand this simple concept.
The Dodgers spent a truckload last year, but still had to overcome a ton of injuries. Some teams are just not being creative and the owners are too cheap.
Yes, the Dodgers have been destroying their pitchers arms. Blake Snell better be careful or they will destroy his arm, also
Dodgers built this team for a decade now. From that horrible Frank era where no one wanted come to Dodgers to become a team where everyone wants to be part of. Current Dodgers organization spent in favor of fans after their acquisition, and despite Dodgers not winning the last game of the year often, they continued to build the team culture and structure that we see now. Dodgers are making so much money as well with their smart investments, and even all these spending does not hurt their financial status.This is truly fans dream of the team well built. Why shall we punish the team that is doing the right ways versus teams just not spending? Yes, many are tied with their local tv network crisis, but there are still teams who can invest more and stay competitive. In fact, all team can spend more than now to improve their chances. Why punish the role model but ignore those teams who profits from luxury taxes and not even investing? Loooooosers.
Proposal: Whatever the revenue sharing amount is each year, every team can only receive up to half of their payroll. For example, the Rays had a payroll of $100M so they would only receive $50M in revenue sharing. This prevents owners from just pocketing it. The exception is if the team can prove they were in the red, then they can get half the payroll + however much they were in the red.
Ken,why is this a problem for you when the Yankees have been doing this for about a century !!!
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My opinion of Scott Boras was formed years ago when the rumor was he got the Dodgers to bid against themselves in the negotiations that landed Kevin Brown the first $100K contract. He's good for players but I've never thought he was good for the game. When fans say players should get as much money as they can, I think of kids whose parents can't afford to take them to see a game in person.
Mlb needs it's own streaming service and let fans subscribe to their own team.
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Even the experts not understanding the deferred payment system is a problem of this country though. All teams still put their deferred salary (at least starting within a year or two) into escrow every year. It's not like if somehow new ownership acquires Dodgers 10 yrs later, they would to cash in to covered those deferred salaries. No, they won't need to. MLB checks every year if teams are separating their required funds every year. Also, Dodgers are using signing bonuses and deferews payments to compete against the teams with no income tax.
I don’t mind not having a salary cap, if a team makes more money, they should be able to spend more money. However I do feel there should be a limitation on deferments. Such as not able to defer over 1/2 the annual amount of the salary so that way there is a bit more balance. The Ohtani 2 mill a year for first 10 years is crazy to me.
Well the good news is Ohtani's literally the only player ever to do more than 50% (or even 30% I think) and let's all be realistic here. He's the only player that ever will.
The best thing Dick Monfort, the Rockies owner, could do is fire himself and hire a real baseball man, like Buck Showalter, to come in and run the operation. Give him carte blanche to clean house and reorganize the scouting, drafting and development organization. Changing the culture of the Rockies should be the top priority. No one in the front office is ever fired or held accountable, even with back to back seasons losing 100 games.
Ken, it may be time for Clayton Kershaw to sign with his Hometown Rangers.
I remember when the Yankees were being blamed for spending all that money, I wasn’t mad at them. I was mad because the Dodgers weren’t!
It's time for a Cap at 325$ and a floor at 175$ I never thought it would be needed and a max on deferred money
Salary FLOOR solves some(not all) of the problems
The AAV shouldn't be lowered by deferred money. The smaller revenue market teams can't compete with sponsor dollars, media deals, ticket pricing, etc. If teams in major markets can manipulate AAV this much there will be 2 leagues over time... 1. A super star league and 2. a 4A league that feeds the super star league. It would be better for baseball if the field was leveled.
HAVING A SALARY CAP ONLY HURTS THE PLAYERS BECAUSE OWNERS WILL HAVE A SET CAP FOR PLAYERS AND MAXIMIZE PROFITS THATS NOT CAPPED.
She said…”The Mets owner has more money than God.”
1. Don’t tempt God
2. The baseball luxury tax still keeps the wealthiest team owner’s in check. If the Mets pay Soto an outrageous high dollar contract, then they’ll have a low imbalance of funds remaining to sign their remaining roster spots…
Then Cohen should defer 3/4 of it and play the dodgers game
A salary cap is okay in Football. A league that is easily the largest sports league in the United States. Football is not losing ground to any other sports leagues or any other types of entertainment. It could affect baseball very negatively. The Guggenheim group has marketed the Dodgers brand extensively. In other countries the Dodgers are a huge name now. It wasn’t that way when they purchased the team. The World Series was huge internationally this year. That is directly because of what the Dodgers have done. If you want to have a payroll like the Dodgers you have to sell baseball to new markets. It is the only way it is possible. The Dodgers being forced to increase the popularity of their team and indirectly of the sport means growth for every team involved in MLB. The last time all eyes were on MLB was simply due to a steroid controversy. For once people are paying attention to watch the greatest 2 way player in MLB history on one of the greatest teams ever assembled. Imagine Ohtani stayed on the Angels. There is no way baseball would have experienced the same growth. The owners can create a hard salary cap. They can go with socialism in baseball if they want. It will certainly hurt MLB as a whole. I am sure the players association will be against it. I would assume most owners would be intelligent enough to realize that the Dodgers putting half their money into revenue sharing is helping all those small market teams. More importantly the eyes the Dodgers have been able to bring to baseball has helped every single team exponentially. Each team in MLB is more valuable then it was ten years ago. That is as much in part to the work of the Dodgers as anything else. Putting a cap on their salary is basically putting a cap on their desire to create new ways to increase revenue and grow MLB as a brand and baseball as a sport. I am pretty sure that is why you do not hear any ownership vocally complaining about what the Dodgers are doing. Most of them see what is going on. Most of them care more about their profitability than the amount of games that they win. The fact is they have benefitted from the new evil empire.
I don't like that teams lose draft picks for being over luxury tax threshold revenue sharing is enough
Did she say “change the rules of the game?” That is an untrue statement!
MLB is the only major sport that doesn't have a salary cap... it's also the sport that has the most *different* champions over the past 10 years. Find a new justification for a salary cap.
What does everyone expect, this is America across the board.
The Dodgers as an All Star team does put a drag on other spending. If the goal is to win the World Series, and a team like the Dodgers is going to be there year in and year out, is a huge contract for a superstar worth it if it's not going to pay off in a WS championship?
Spending money doesn't always guarantee you a championship
Some owners don’t want to spend their money. If you don’t want to pay your players, sell the team.
Deferred payments can be a significant issue and shouldn't be allowed. What happens when the debt all comes due and it can't be paid. The assumption is it always grows. Look at what's going on in global soccer, debts can't go above levels for a reason.
they just want to play with Ohtani. When you are unwilling to spend money to sign Shohei Ohtani, you are already doomed to fail. Shohei Ohtani can share most of the pressure of other stars, which is the most important thing
Hal owns the Yes Network. A billion dollar "local" TV channel which is really national. Other teams do not share their revenue.
Most of the owners are quite well off and as Ken says they could spend more, when they think it is in their interest.
Every owner and owner groups are billionaires. If your billionaire owner doesn't want to spend and make a winner then boycott your team. Worst team in baseball the A's just got a brand new billions dollar stadium from Vegas and the owner was given billions in cash
The deferred Ohtani money is on the union and MLB who should have never allowed them to do it in the first place. In this year alone counting the Snell money they've spent $1.2B.
The lack of a salary cap is the obvious problem. The Players Union and the agents are the obstruction. Deferred contracts should be banned.
A lot of whining about the Dodgers when the real problem is the owners that don't spend money
“I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today.” ~ Wimpy
MLBPA will never agree to any kind of salary cap. MLB should insist on deferred money being part of the luxury tax calculations, and MLB should also have a threshold for how much of their payroll is deferred and for how long.
The real problem will be if this deferred money scheme is still sustainable after five years or so. If you can, in fact, beat the system and just spend without any real limit.
Although deferred payments on salaries have been around, with Ohtani’s deal last year & now Snell this year coming to the public’s attention, it looks like we are heading to a new MLB world where you will have several super teams vying for championships. After that there will be a good many good teams that will maybe make the playoffs but that will be about it & then you will have a lower level of teams that will be just that.
We fill the stadium every night. Have a competitive, well run team, and have an innovative, legal way to pay our players. Haters need to change the rules.....or quit whining. 😛
Does Blake Snell's reported $182 million contract increase the trade value of Seattle right-hander Luis Castillo?
Castillo, who has a no-trade clause, has three years and $74.5 million remaining on his contract with a vesting option for a fourth year.
Snell and Castillo, who were born eight days apart, have each made 211 starts in their MLB careers.
Snell has posted 24.5 fWAR and 23.4 bWAR over 1,096.2 innings while Castillo has posted 23.9 fWAR and 24.0 bWAR over 1,230 innings. Over the past four seasons Snell has made 103 starts while Castillo has made 121 starts.
Their contrasting 2024 numbers cannot be ignored but at what point does recency bias creep into the equation?
A healthy Snell may well have the higher ceiling on a given day but Castillo has been more durable and reliable. Each quality provides value.
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Disagree! When the deferrals kick in those dollar amounts will be part of their annual salary and they will pay the luxury tax then (if applicable).
If the other BILLIONAIRES would quit gripping their purses. This wouldn't be a problem. Then they want the other teams to share their profits. Maybe there should be a rule of conduct for the owners.
Dodgers will be heavy favorites to return to the World Series. But they still have to win the games.
other teams can do the same as the Dodger s
So now the Dodgers got 2 ex Tampa Bay Rays pitcher's 1 who can't stay healthy and the other one who only goes 5 innings and doesn't work hard in training. 😂
Do you really think the Dodger owners have ANY DESIRE to sell this motherlode of a gold mine??
EVERYONE IN MLB IS FILTHY RICH. Even below-average relief pitchers and backup catchers. Haves and have nots?
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Snell's ERA a couple years ago was over 4. The next year it was over 3. He has only been really good his 2 Cy Young winning seasons. He also has a history of injuries. He will be 32 y.o. in a few days Dodgers greatly over paid for Snell.
I think there should be a salary cap and a floor
If the Dodgers fans go to the games to the tune over 3.5 million a year. is it fair to punish the fans? The dodgers put a good product on the field and the fans come. If these smaller markets don't fill stadiums why do the Dodgers fans have to be punished because of weak fans and weak owners.
Soto is not Ted Williams and Ohtani not Babe Ruth not at this point.
Literally EVERY team can do what the Dodgers are currently doing. It's up to each ownership to decide whether or not to spend and on what to spend if they decide to do so. Some owners will remain happy by sitting back and collecting the TV money and other shared revenue. Those teams will remain losers. Other owners understand they must spend a little to remain interesting to their fans. Those teams will remain in limbo, never winning it all. Finally, some owners spend to win. Some spend on the minors and player development, some spend on keeping talent or acquiring more talent. These are the teams we know will compete year in, year out. Whichever owner your team has is what you have to live with. It's pathetic to try and bring everyone down to your level since your team has no desire to win.
Fake controversy. I wish Alanna would stand up for the team she used to work for and still sort of represents. "A lot of people are saying..." is not good enough.
Billionaire owners of small market teams, come off as comical when portraying themselves as the have nots!
The contract is not worth 700 mil in today’s value; why would you taxes based on that number. Bad take. If there was no deferment allowed, dodgers/Ohtani would not agree to a 700 mil. Ohtani was projected at the time to be mid 40’s million.
California. They are tired of us winning. Sure, we have issues, but we are always moving forward. It's like auto emissions. 49 states complained, but where are they now? Other teams will learn and follow if they are willing. Baseball the Cali way!!
Dodgers players defer money and yankees tell their players to defer their facial hair 🤣🤣
Players league will never accept a salary cap.
The cheap owners should be required to spend not stoping teams that spend its the cheap billionaire owners own fault of the smaller market teams
The Red Sox are "acting like a big market team should"? They've done nothing so far
This wining about luxury tax. Signing bonuses are counted against it. The money will be counted against the luxury tax when it comes due. Expecting it counting against the luxury tax now, is not reasonable. The state and federal government don’t collect taxes before money is paid. RIGHT? Do you hear dodgers (or dodger fans) whining that their players have a 12.4% income tax rate in CA? Get your team to step up like mine does.
When MLB rewards the As non spending by letting them get a new stadium in Las Vegas can only blame themselves. These owners have the money. BTW, the dodgers won in 1988, 2020, 2024. Doesn’t look like they dominated the World Series. Always told San Diego is small mkt but that owner spends and they are selling out the stadium. Come on people.
Nationals deferred money in 2019, dbacks had 10 players defer money in 2001....both won a ws
No mlb team has repeated since 99-00 yankees. Its not a salary cap issue. Cheapskate owners, incompetent front offices are to blame.
People were quick to clown dodgers with mickey mouse ring, choking to nationals, astros, red sox, padres, dbacks. When dodgers win a title, the entire MLB is now imploding. Pathetic.
I think ohtani was worth 400 mil Juan soto is nowhere close to 600 mil that’s ridiculous when is enough enough? 700 million dollars are you joking
🤔If baseball doesn’t want another strike. They’d better get the Dodgers under control. The Dodgers aren’t doing anything wrong. BUT if fans starts to feel like their team has no chance to win. They will stop watching believe me!
It's really funny when the Yankees were doing this no one was saying anything.
Cheap owners love getting their share of luxury tax money and have no problem with the dodgers or Mets spending their butt off.
@@cdog3114 I don’t know how old you are. But yes they were. And one of the reasons baseball is in the state it’s in now.
@@DAndreFalcon It's not about my age but what I know about baseball. What the Dodgers are doing is nothing compared to what the Yankees did from the 50s on. A lot of teams have done deferrals. The Yankees have done it, the Red Sox, The Mets, and Max Scherzer (Do you remember Bobby Bonilla??? He retired in 2000 and his deferral started in 2004 and will last for 25 years). The main problem most people have is that the Dodgers just do it better. Deferrals are not just for the Dodgers. Every team can do it, but most owners are too cheap and don't want to win. Trust me we went through the same thing when Frank McCourt.
@ Then your knowledge should tell you nobody like it back then! 🤦🏿♂️
Where does this "Luxury Tax" money end up going??
It’s didvided to the rest of the owners that didn’t go over the tax luxury
@diegoluna242 Interesting. Something is out of whack in the model for sure... why should teams that actually want to spend to win have to give other teams money who don't want to win?
@@oColt45o This is currently why owners don't have any incentive to spend money on FA or reinvest into their current players. You're right, the model needs restructuring cause the current model just enables owners to cheap out on their teams. But as a Dodger fan, I ain't complaining lol
The 600 lbs gorilla in the room that no one discusses is that all of these delayed, hyperinflated contracts are outstripping the fans - and even advertisers' - ability to pay. It's bad enough when MLB is trying - stupidly - to migrate, at least partially, from free terrestrial broadcasts to paywalled streaming. Already asking what fans are left to pay more. Most are broke or going broke in this economy. They can't pay more. In light of that, advertisers are going to see less bang for their buck as fans bow out, and paywalls cut the audience. The other big thing is that with the colossal disparity in team salaries, the competition level is already pathetic, so this creates a doomloop that I don't think Commissioner Gaptooth will ever address...I think you guys are right. I concur that private equity is seeping into Baseball, running up the credit card, and planning on dumping the teams to some gullible losers in the future - with too much debt to pay back, and too few fans to even care enough to buy tickets, concessions, merch, or even watch the games...MLB is the rabid monster that will eat itself...
Mets deferred lindor and diaz and boston devers cry about them also.
There needs to be both a floor minimum and a hard ceiling maximum on salaries. Otherwise baseball will be doomed.
The Dodgers shouldn't have gotten away with circumventing the luxury tax on the Ohtani contract. It's pretty much ruined, Mlb. It's already predetermined that the Dodgers will win the world series again and again. Just no sport in it . The NFL, NHL, and NBA isn't predetermined like this situation.
Padres beat the Dodgers when they had a larger payroll. Why were they David?
Baseball, an institution that rails against gambling within tbe game and rightfully so, have to resort to gambling companies as sponsors to support the game on the backs of the gambling population. It's a disgrace to baseball. After that money runs out with gamblers going broke then what will be next as a revenue source?
I don't care about the Dodgers spend but it should 1000% count against the current tax regardless of when they defer the money that's my issue with these deals
I think deferring is fine, the reason they do it is to lower the AAV. However, I don’t think anyone ever thought that a player would defer such a huge amount. The percentage of deferral should be cap at 50% max.
Spend money while they can because a lockout is on its way. There’s a desperate need to level the playing field once and for all. CAP.
Is MLB not a business, just like all other pro sports? So just like any business, your goal is to grow, increase revenue, and attempt to beat the competition. So when other organizations cry and whine about what the Dodgers are doing, or any team in a similar situation; no sympathy here. Grow up already. Those teams ( again in any sport that complain about disparity, etc) How about focusing on "selling" the benefits of your teams to free agents. In the case of baseball, invest in your farm system, etc. Work on cultivating a winning attitude and organization. Last time I checked, Tampa Bay has had some winning franchises that contend fairly regularly and have reached the top on multiple occasions ( Lightning, Bucs, Rays). The Guardians are regular contenders, etc. On the other hand if you have ownership like the Pirates, A's, or White Sox- well, I do feel bad for the fans, unfortunately nothing fans can do until those 🤡 sell to new owners that understand creating a winning culture is what helps drive consistent success.
Teams are receiving alot of money from luxury taxes,tv money such as fox,tbs,espn and mlb network! Tigers,Cubs, Redsox,Whitesox, Giants and Mariners needs to stop being greedy and go sign players on the free agent market!
The Giants, Cubs, and Tigers have signed players... you haven't been paying attention. And in most years of this century the BoSox have not only spent, but OUT-spent most in the league.
@Isaac-qe2in I have paid attention, yeah giants,cubs and tigers signing minor contracts! Instead of actual players like Corbin Burnes, Max Fried, Teoscar Hernandez. Anthony Rizzo!
Why should they, when the likes of a Cody Bellinger, Javier Baez, Blake Snell have not paid dividends.
The vast majority of these big ticket items ultimately just add up to poor production value per dollar.
@Isaac-qe2in those are not free agents! I'm talking about free agents and big names on the market that teams won't sign because they're greedy. If you pay attention the last 5 years, when spring training starts players are still on the market unsigned and the same thing is going to happen next year. Even a 9 year old knows that.
And those owners were proven right to not overpay for the likes of a Bellinger, Snell, and Montgomery last off-season. Just because rich owners may be able to spend, doesn't mean they should spend foolishly.
You have no idea which teams have actually inquired in on free agents behind the scenes with the intention of spending, only to bow out because the price tags were just outlandish. Paying an Alex Bregman anywhere near $300M would simply be ludicrous!
There's a relatively easy solution to the small-market vs. big market unfairness problem without instilling salary caps! Have divisions based on market size, so the small market teams have an easier chance to make it to the playoffs and big market teams have to play other big market teams to make to playoffs (e.g Dodger - Yankees in same division and play each other more and only one can make the playoffs). Then playoffs anything can happen!
Add an additional penalty for the teams in the tax. I suggest a forfeit of draft picks say their first 6 picks in the mlb draft. You could do this with a floor giving up 3 middle rd picks if they don't meet the floor requirements
wait , why is all the framing all about deferred $. you do know that ALL teams can use the deferred $ thing too, right? it's not Dodgers fault other teams don't and their owners refuse to spend the $ their fans put into team. if they want a 'salary cap' , then there should be a 'salary floor' . make them misers spend their fans $ . screw those cheap billionaires. cry me a river. GTFOH.