To add to this, the money will be distributed much more equally in all likelihood. More players making more money, rather than a few stars at the top of the market signing 700 million dollar megadeals. Teams would presumably sign players to extensions more readily too
This is fascinating….
If you add up the payroll spend that would be LOST due to the proposed hard cap in MLB, it comes to just over $587 million.
Add up the money that would have to be SPENT by the lower-payroll teams to reach the proposed floor and it’s $570 million.
When we’re talking about this much money that’s essentially a wash. (That’s a difference of what Ronald Acuna Jr. makes in a year)
Seems like a pretty tough sell for the players union in their attempt to spin the idea that this proposal would take money out of the players pockets.