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Think you mean Tommy Devito 800 million dollars still staying at home for mamas beet lasagna
 
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lol Out of all the teams, the Dodgers were the ones to sign Ohtani, to an ultra contract of $700 million for 10 years.

Must be great to buy your way to try to win a World Series in the future. :side:
 

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Think you mean Tommy Devito 800 million dollars still staying at home for mamas beet lasagna
hey how it's Chicken Cutlets. Can't blame him on that.

With regards to Ohtani it's "10 years $700 Million." But a shit ton of it is deffered. So it's not 10 years $700M really. While the numbers aren't out I'd bet at least half of it is deffered.

Also check this from Adam Shefter:
 
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The MLB needs a salary cap and a salary minimum. Point blank.
 
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Bobby Barrows said:
The MLB needs a salary cap and a salary minimum. Point blank.
Unfortunately the Player's union will fight that tooth and nail.
 
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Why are we so pro-bosses in the world of sports? Every other job you want as many people there as possible making as much money as possible. But billionaire owners need help here we can't have the employees making a lot of money.
 

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Why are we so pro-bosses in the world of sports? Every other job you want as many people there as possible making as much money as possible. But billionaire owners need help here we can't have the employees making a lot of money.
I mean 700 million is a little much tbh. At least imo.
 
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Why are we so pro-bosses in the world of sports? Every other job you want as many people there as possible making as much money as possible. But billionaire owners need help here we can't have the employees making a lot of money.
Who is being pro owner here?
 

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You literally said you want a salary call that's pro owner. Plyers don't want a cap cause it limits what they can earn.
 

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You literally said you want a salary call that's pro owner. Plyers don't want a cap cause it limits what they can earn.
But there needs to be a minimum of what is spent. Pretty sure that that contract yearly is more that the Pirates would spend.
 

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Yamamoto (Japan), Blake Snell, Cody Bellinger and Jordan Montgomery are the next crop of top free agents.

And my Tigers have no shot in hell in any of them lol.
 

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Wangman Page said:
But there needs to be a minimum of what is spent. Pretty sure that that contract yearly is more that the Pirates would spend.
And I guess the argument for a cap of a max is to "balance" things in regards to market size. Since large markets have a major advantage in spending capital, so while yes, players can earn what they want, it also becomes discouraging as a fan if a team can pay a handful of big free agent players double a team's entire payroll if they want.
 
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