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Originally Posted by Jason14h
Does it though ? Baseball has the most player movement , most player for player trades , and most variety in playoff teams and champions
Salary Caps actually create dynasties and less competitive variety IMO - and also can handcuff lower desired destinations when they make a bad salary decision
Players can make super teams due to artificial player salary caps , and also it places much more importance on locking down a franchise player (maybe this isn’t as big an issue in baseball as other sports though )
Is it annoying when players go to LA or NY vs Toronto ? Sure . But Toronto has no issue attracting big name FAs , and the Mets , Yankees and Dodgers have had 1 non Covid championship combined in the past 23 years
The only “issue” is the very low spending teams - and a cap doesn’t help them - they aren’t spending either way . The luxury tax actually helps these teams a lot more then a cap
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Signings like the Dodgers made, will definitely hurt the game long term
Baseball has different levels, small market teams are in big trouble with this type of spending.
Others will follow
Cap is needed, however as you mentioned, unfortunately the side effect it will kill the movement.