The Phillies should have signed one of them weeks ago. I'm embarrassed that they are participating in this clear anti-labor collusion. Especially since their rotation competition in camp is "Aaron Nola and 15 AAAA starters."I wonder how long Arrieta, Lynn, and Cobb will hold out. If they wait til after the draft (which I don’t think will happen, but it would be interesting), they could be “free” mid season upgrades for contenders.
Getting out of luxury-tax jail sounds infinitely better than it is in reality – particularly for a pair of teams whose $500 million-plus in annual revenue could more than sustain payrolls past the $197 million tax threshold. Should the Yankees and Dodgers stay under it this year, their baseline tax for exceeding it in future years would reset from the current 50 percent to 20 percent.
Suppose the Dodgers splurge in 2019 and carry a $246 million payroll. If they reset this year, it would save them only $12 million in luxury-tax penalties next season. Combined with another several hundred thousand dollars taken from their amateur budgets, it’s something. Just not a lot of something.
There is no sports league in America with a system as oppressive to wages and labor as Major League Baseball requiring six fucking years of service time before hitting unrestricted free agency. Some of the best players in baseball make less than a million for several years. And minor league baseball's salaries are a fucking embarrassment.
They artificially get the prime years on the cheap and now are refusing to spend once players finally get beyond the deals they sign in that six year window.
The Phillies should have signed one of them weeks ago. I'm embarrassed that they are participating in this clear anti-labor collusion. Especially since their rotation competition in camp is "Aaron Nola and 15 AAAA starters."
Bingo, they are always at a massive disadvantage in these negotiations.They could have done better in the CBA, I agree. But it's easier to align the interests of 30 owners than it is for 1200 players at different points of their career.
Neil Walker signing for $5 million. Nothing to see there!
That's fair - but it's really a small group of players, and by default agents, who make the decisions on behalf of the whole - and they've never made a serious attempt at changing the admittedly BS system because the big stars and agents were getting their huge ridiculous paydays well into their 30s.They could have done better in the CBA, I agree. But it's easier to align the interests of 30 owners than it is for 1200 players at different points of their career.
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