MLB salary cap

[lortadatogz]

I want your opinions on a salry cap in baseball?

 

[Cy/MiG]

It's needed.

 

[Dave Pavet]

Salary Cap is primarily there for the Yankees. Many years they are the only team that pay the luxury tax. The Players Union won't complain about the Yankees because the Yankees high payroll help boost player salaries in general throughout baseball. You need a salary cap so there is least some semblance of structure and competitiveness.

 

[lortadatogz]

I agree even though being a big yankees fan. The Red Sox pay a luxury tax too. However, i do see low payroll teams win ws. The rays in 2008 went to ws, phillies have gone twice and won one now and the marlins have won 2 as well as the white sox winning one with the tigers in the 2006 ws. I am tired of hearing that the yankees buy their ws with their payroll. There should be a salary cap, but i want the bashing to stop on buying ws when the yankees won their first in 10 years. I am just making a statement and ranting no hard feelings. I am not angry either just tied of hearing it.

 

[mass1926]

It would level the playing field, that's for sure. Maybe players would stick with one team for their whole career more often. I mean, how often does a player finish his career off having only played for one or two teams?

 

[lortadatogz]

Very good point not many. I mean Jeter and Rivera and Posada all have with one team and prolly stay that way.

 

[Cy/MiG]

Well the Yankees had $$$ to resign all three said players, but I'm fairly certain that Jeter and Rivera would be lifelong Yanks even if there had been a salary cap all this time.

I think a salary cap would help the competitive balance of the league (both a maximum and minimum cap), keep draft pick and veteran salaries in check without getting astronomical (A-Rod/Strasburg) and encourage teams to draft well and use their farm systems.

Plus, competitive teams like the Yanks and Sox could still sign vets through a 'mid level exception' like many NBA teams do, so they would still have ways to gain an edge to try and win titles.

Lastly, like Mass states, it would help franchise players and therefore each franchise.

Just look at Hockey: each team has 2-3 big name guys and those that don't are positioned to draft big name guys to remain competitive. Only rarely do franchise guys get traded and when they do it's for equal return and strictly financial reasons. And still many teams remain competitive for years such as the Red Wings, Sharks, Flyers, Canucks and Pens. Even franchises with financial problems like the Sabres and Predators have managed to make the playoffs more than 1/2 the time over the last decade!

There is really little downside unless ownership is truly inept and since salary caps would affect many 'bottom lines', it would stand to reason that terrible owners would lose $$$ and be forced to sell to better ones, which is a huge plus (in theory).

I hope that once Crypt Keeper Selig leaves as commish and new blood wakes up and implements a cap like every other major American Sport already has.

 

[lortadatogz]

I agree with u but teams want to hire young guys to do the job and be HOF caliber players in the future. Alot of teams are not signing big names and looking in the farm teams more because these teams are thinking that a salry cap will be the path for the future of baseball.

 

[tkpatience]

A good thing? Yes. Will it ever happen? No.

 

[lortadatogz]

You never know with baseball these days.