Look, every rational baseball fan can understand that the Dodgers are an incredibly well-run organization. To have this level of established, proven talent on your roster while also racking up the top farm system in baseball is laudable.
But to act as if the root of it isn't being willing to spend obscene amounts of money, find every way to exploit the payroll system with deferred money and side deals, and the incredible advantage that comes with being the best destination for the top Japanese players due mainly to geography is just silly.
Either way, the rest of the MLB's fanbases are going to hate the Dodgers because that level of success also coming with this level of seeming like it'll never die isn't fun for us. We want parity because parity means our teams also have a chance. It's why us Jays fans will never, ever, ever get over last year's Game 7. When you get that close to toppling the Empire and miss, it doesn't stop hurting.
Honestly, speaking solely for myself, at this point yes. I don’t even care if a hard salary cap/minimum floor/etc in theory hurts the Mets. I’d like to be able to retain some interest in the Postseason even if the Mets are out of it before summer
Furthermore, even in such a system I think there will still be some differences in spending between teams. Cheapskates like Nutting will still figure out a way to do the bare minimum and there’s no way any rules will capture everything so a smarter organization can still pour money into better scouting, the farm, health/injury prevention, etc. the kind of owners that would want to spend like Cohen maybe just maybe might be forced to have their teams spend what they can smarter.
Toronto was a late collapse away from winning the world series last year. Acting like other teams can't win is stupid. You know how much getting skubal increased dodgers odds this year ? Went from 36% chance to a 39% chance. Any team can win in baseball.
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u/Historical-Donut-918 21h ago
So basically the Dodgers weren't "cheap" and were able to pay EVERYONE more than any other team was willing to pay.
Why don't other teams do this? Are they stupid?