General 2024 MLB Thread (Official)
- Thread starter Hauler
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LMAO. That didn't age too well as he's about to get a WS ring.
With all due respect, who are the chicks in the video, bruh?
Dodgers ($249,823,654 payroll) are up on the Yankees ($303,322,047 payroll) 2 games to none.
Dodgers are going to be a problem for a long time due to Ohtani's contract. His $700 million, 10 year contract equates to $70 million a year - but he's deferring the majority of it. He'll only "cost" the team $2 million/year for the length of the deal...then from 2034 to 2043 he'll take in $68 million/year.
The average salary in MLB is around $5 million/year
So the Dodgers are rostering the best player in baseball for less than half that amount for the next 10 years.
Of course there's nothing to stop the Yankees from going out and rostering a $1 billion roster. I'm sure it's coming.
If MLB truly wants to fix their popularity problem, a good first step would be a salary cap. Out of 30 teams, there are 5 or 6 that spend money as if it's not an issue. The other 25 or so teams need to build from their minor league systems and hope that they can get a good group of kids playing well in that 6 years of roster control. After that - the good players will be signed by the teams with the big pockets and the little guys have to start over again.
Dodgers are going to be a problem for a long time due to Ohtani's contract. His $700 million, 10 year contract equates to $70 million a year - but he's deferring the majority of it. He'll only "cost" the team $2 million/year for the length of the deal...then from 2034 to 2043 he'll take in $68 million/year.
The average salary in MLB is around $5 million/year
So the Dodgers are rostering the best player in baseball for less than half that amount for the next 10 years.
Of course there's nothing to stop the Yankees from going out and rostering a $1 billion roster. I'm sure it's coming.
If MLB truly wants to fix their popularity problem, a good first step would be a salary cap. Out of 30 teams, there are 5 or 6 that spend money as if it's not an issue. The other 25 or so teams need to build from their minor league systems and hope that they can get a good group of kids playing well in that 6 years of roster control. After that - the good players will be signed by the teams with the big pockets and the little guys have to start over again.
My kid & her bf, and of course she's on stage 24/7
Baseball doesn't have a salary cap because the players don't want one, and the owners haven't been able to force one.
Parity and competitiveness have nothing to do with it...greed does. And players have no reason to give up what they got right now, so it will take a major work stoppage to force a salary cap, as currently rich teams are fine with paying the luxury tax to win, and poor teams are fine with taking that money to lose.
Idiot gonna be a meme for getting kicked out for the stupidest reason possible.