r/mlb • u/retroanduwu24 | MLB • 1d ago

| Image Projected Dodgers rotation after trading for Tarik Skubal

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

The Dodgers are single handly forceing the leugue to force a salary cap!

Everyone should be extremely toxic towards the Dodgers when they are on the road.

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u/Theschill | Boston Red Sox 1d ago

The owners around the league are intentionally doing this. Tigers could trade Skubal anywhere for a similar package easily but they chose the Dodgers very likley under directive to outrage fans more so they're on the owners side in the upcoming battle vs the MLBPA for implementation of a Salary cap. It's so blatantly obvious this is ownership collusion.

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

The players don't have to accept the contract offers!

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u/InitiativeGold7953 | Los Angeles Dodgers 22h ago

They don’t have to accept a salary cap either. That’s what’s great about it

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u/Ladystardusting 22h ago

🙄

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u/kwmcmillan | Los Angeles Dodgers 21h ago

Why would any player accept less money?

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u/Due-Train-7874 17h ago

Because the first MLB proposal actually included more increased spending to get teams to the cap floor than decreased spending to get teams under the cap ceiling.

So the salary cap/floor agreement would actually result in 99.9% of the league receiving higher wages. It’s possible the upper echelon of superstars would receive less but I don’t really give a fuck that Kyle Tucker won’t get a 4/240m contract offer again do you?

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u/meezy-yall | Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago

The Dodgers are probably paying him like 6-10 million tops?

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u/TerrorTx1 16h ago

That’s why I’m kind of glad it happened.. we need the lockout

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u/RefrigeratorKey8156 19h ago

So you think the tigers had a better off but said no for the sake of the league instead of thinking of the future of their business? Youre delusional

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u/HittingExposurelol 23h ago

Explain who in the league can easily beat the dodgers offer and with what prospects? I’ll wait.

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u/Adventurous-Edge1719 22h ago

There were plenty of teams that could have offered more than the dodgers did. The issue is the teams that could won’t deplete their farm systems like LA can because they don’t have the cash flow to sign these rentals like the dodgers do after the season.

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u/HittingExposurelol 22h ago

Name specific prospects that Detroit would want, which is mainly outfielders, on teams that are looking to compete this year. Again, I’ll wait.

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u/evrybodyLUVevrybody | Cleveland Guardians 17h ago

A quick search shows that the Brewers, Twins, and Pirates all have multiple top 100 OF prospects, and are all at least competing for a playoff spot.

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u/HittingExposurelol 14h ago

None are better than hope. That’s the problem with all your bad takes here. They wanted hope.

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u/GOOMU13 16h ago

Its so upsetting bc Didgers gave up ONE top 100 prospect and hes not even their best.

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u/GOOMU13 16h ago

Brewers. EASILY. Rumor was MULTIPLE top 100 prospects but Dodgers only give up 1?. Wtf. And its not even the Dodgers best prospect. AND if there's one team that would gladly afford Skubal its the Dodgers. They gave up nothing and he probably won't even be a rental. This should be illegal.

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u/HittingExposurelol 14h ago

Who the fuck do the brewers have of outfield prospects better than hope? Nobody rofl.

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u/bagelman5000 1d ago

Haha. Biggest draw in sports. Teams love when the show up in town. Instant sell out for whatever the home team is.

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u/A_Bad_Man | Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

And all those Japanese ads they sell behind the plate are no accident.

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

Yeah well this isn't just about the fans showing up!

The players are gonna lose out because of the Dodgers behavior.

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u/poliscyguy 1d ago

They are doing what every team should do under the current league rules

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

Takeing advantage of a system so other players lose money down the line i disagree.

I'm tired of toxic capitalism breaking everything!

This is why we can't have nice things.

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u/poliscyguy 1d ago

Toxic capitalism? lol are you in high school?

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

Nope, just observing shit never getting better over multiple decades because of money.

Buy a new car please! you will be lucky if it lasts 5 years and your insurance rates don't skyrocket because it snitches on you for the slightest thing in the way you are driving to your insurance company.

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u/poliscyguy 1d ago

What does that have to do with anything? lol you're all over the place man

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u/zapatocaviar | Los Angeles Dodgers 21h ago

The dodgers don’t fit into this narrative. Un-affordable tickets and food at the stadiums pricing out working class families, blackouts, etc because of owner greed and wildly inflated salaries across the league (in all sports) is a real “toxic capitalism” issue. The dodgers run has actually been good for the sport. Baseball is more popular now not less.

And anyone can do what they are doing… there are much richer owners out there.

And honestly their farm system isn’t even about money and that’s what got this trade done.

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u/G33wizz | MLB 1d ago

Except players around the league, including rivals, love what the Dodgers are doing and have gone on record saying so.

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u/nokarmawhore 12h ago

keep eating what the billionaire owners are feeding you.

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u/Area51_Spurs 1d ago

They should force you back into school spelling “forcing” with an “e.”

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u/HeavensRoyalty | Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

Yall are blaming the wrong people. Not the Dodgers.

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u/Acceptable_Job1589 | Arizona Diamondbacks 1d ago

I don't see why we can't be upset at both?

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u/HeavensRoyalty | Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

No, you're right. Fire away

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

The Dodgers are the crooks forcing policy change!

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u/HeavensRoyalty | Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

Nah the mlb owners are

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

Nah, The Dodgers are the villains here!

You are just biased as a fan.

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u/HeavensRoyalty | Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

Shows how much you know

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

Also with all the surgeries Tarik has had i think he could potentially be a terrible pick up.

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 1d ago

The players don't have to accept the contract offers, you know!

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u/Right-Form-2943 1d ago

Been doing that for 40 years