The best reasons why MLB is probably pushing a pay cap

Rob Manfred did not explicitly say that owners are looking for a salary in major league, but the signs are there. Here are main reasons. (Photo Julio Aguilar / Getty Images)

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For more than 50 years, the owners in Major in the main league tried to implement the pay cap. There is more than one reason to want it.

The current agreement on work between owners and players in baseball in the large league does not expire until December 2026. years. However, talking about ownership blocking is already rolling over, with a basic reason that the main reason is that the main reason. There were several attempts to implement them, with the 1994-95 strike, which led to the World Series cancellation, last. Among the main North American professional sports, MLB is the last one to work under the free market system. The League uses a competitive balance of balance tax, which is commonly called luxury taxes, penalizing clubs that cross the player’s salary threshold by imposing taxes.

The question is, why are MLB owners looking for a capacity system? Answers are more than obvious.

Cost security

From investing in the perspective of players talents, the capers system narrows the spectrum of total salaries dedicated to the list. If CAP was related to league income, then the owners would have a clearer sense of cost security. There are problems with this concept, namely that the MLB multiple multi-renewal revenues from centralized income in all 30 clubs. However, in theory, the owners enjoyed being easier to calculate budgets. Given that the regional balloon of sports network has largely crashed, knowing about what the player’s salary has value for owners.

Increased franchise values

Perhaps primary reasons the owners are looking for a salary hat focusing on franchise values. Sales comparison in similar small markets tells the story:

• Tampa Bay Air – $ 1.7 billion
• Portland Trail Blazers – Allegedly 4- $ 4.5 billion

Recently, the families withdraws of the twins of Minnesota from the market, because they did not receive the bids they requested.

“Perception around baseball is that without salaries without pay, its value will be lag, at least behind the NFL and the NBA, and that was the case” said Steve Greenberg of Allen and Company, who often represents MLB teams in its sales processes. “We’ll see what happens in Slave Final Negotiation.”

Potential competitive parity

The owners picked up parity in the table and players as the primary reason for the League looking for a salary, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred continued to quote it as part of reason.

“This is the question we have to be awake,” Manfred said. “We need to pay attention to it and we must determine whether there are things that can be made to introduce yourself to alleviate such concerns and make sure we have a competitive and healthy game.”

The owners also publicly expressed interest in looking for salaries in the next round of collective bargaining.

“I wish it would be the case to have a canvas hat in baseball, and maybe now, but now we will not have that,” Baltimore Orioles David Rubenstein said Yahoo Finance at the World Economic Forum Yahoo. “I doubt that we probably have something closer to what NFL and NBA have, but there is no guarantee of it.”

Manfred also talked directly with players about the economy of the game. And as he fell not to mention his hat, he tried to express that salaries related to league revenues, using the past as an example, as a whole, players would play more. The operational word is “as a whole”. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprised that Brice Harper entered Manfred’s face When dealing with philies during comments, given that the star players with the highest salaries in the unreasonable system were those who hit the hardest under wages.

As I am previously writtenThere is an illusion that the wage cap in Major League was created by a competitive parity from above to the bottom. From the perspective of the players, they wonder if the system is so great for players, why were they willing to accept work stop as something acceptable?

As much as there was a lie dodger and getting to know the top of the player salary scale, many are many more problematic. The cap can force clubs such as pirates, air and A to spend more, but would probably only minimize the minimum, just like now.

“There are things you can do to encourage teams to spend”, said Bruce Meier Deputy Director MLBPA, to “misdemeanor territory”. “The last time in the negotiation, we suggested numerous changes to the income sharing system. We said,” Look, there is no point in the moment. You give all this money to certain teams and do not spend it and they do not spend that and they do not spend that and they do not spend it. “And what we heard from the league was:” We don’t agree with some of these things, but we can’t change it. We won’t change it. “”

During the last decade, MLB had the best parity of championships of major sports leagues in North America. Currently, a team with the best records in all MLB, Milvaukee Pivari, which, According to COT’s contractsIt is predicted that they will have a paylist of 40-men from $ 114.5 million, which ranked them 23. from 30. years. Other divisions see large consumption, but not the highest, leading. At Al East, Toronto Blue Jays ranked 5. While 2. The place Yankees is ranked. Dodgers ranked # 1 are sent ahead and back with San Diego Padres, which is 9. Years. Tigers have 16. Highest in league, but based on clubs in Al Central, rank first in their division. Astros Rank # 6 There are currently 3.0 games on mariners on western West, which is imposed 15. Place.

Consumption and consumption are effectively key differences. How breweres are shown, you don’t have to break the bank. In contrast, brave (ranked 8, but 18 games of 1) and orile (ranked 17. Years, but last at Al East) show that consumption does not always win.

Note, from these teams of the last place, two are in sales, or are (citizens and white juice), while and continued to bring up investors to finish construction of their new Bale in Las Vegas.

The following is the ranking of all the last clubs of the last placement of the projected list of 40 men for the season 2025. years, according to the contracts on crackers.

• Pirates (26) – 85.8 million dollars
• Rockies (21) – 124.5 million dollars
• National (24) – 111.5 million dollars
• Orioles (17) – $ 160.8 million
• White juice (28) – $ 90.8 million
• A (29) – $ 111.6 million