Sources: Phillies' Bryce Harper cussed out Rob Manfred in meeting

[Dorian Breh]

baseball is not basketball or football. in those sports there are players you pay to want to see. Baseball trades those players away to teams with money.

i keep going back to Skenes and might as was add O’Neil Cruz. i would be so geeked to have two of the most exciting players if I’m am a Pit fan. But soon as you go into any baseball talk it’s all but a done deal they getting traded. That just will kill a young fan love for the game.

owners need to spend more

and players have to know these 300 million deals are not good for the future of the sport.

it has to be a middle somewhere

You know the Pirates could just pay those guys… They would still be making money…

I think what the league should do is take away some of the revenue sharing. So if these bum ass teams want to not pay players then they aren’t gonna make any money AT ALL. And they have to sell.

 

[Cladyclad]

You know the Pirates could just pay those guys… They would still be making money…

I think what the league should do is take away some of the revenue sharing. So if these bum ass teams want to not pay players then they aren’t gonna make any money AT ALL. And they have to sell.

why would they do that if they making money like you said

 

[Spidey Man]

Since we love talking Skeins and Pittsburgh, I'm just going to say this. There's a lot of real estate between their payroll and the Dodgers/Mets. They should be able to squeeze Skeins without going bankrupt and still making a good profit. You can also say the same about your particular favorite small market team.

Until the league manages to fix that, there's no point in a cap and Harper can continue cussing out Manfred.

 

[QuintessentialBM]

Should have never gave those crackas money...

 

[Spidey Man]

Of course he would take Manfred's side against the players

 

[mastermind]

Of course he would take Manfred's side against the players

Stephen A Smith is corporate bootlicker

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Always in contention? They’ve missed the playoffs entirely more than they’ve won their division since 2013 despite multiple teams in it refusing to spend any money at all. From 1981-93 they missed the playoffs every year.

You know damn well salaries didn't explode in pro sports in general until the late '80s/early '90s when those huge TV contracts started to hit.

The players were getting less than 1/2 of the pie before 1992, which meant that in general, you weren't seeing those huge contracts doled out to anybody, regardless of where they played. The Yankees or nobody else could just spend money like that

The average salary didn't even hit $500,000 until 1990

So, talking about the '80s is not even talking about the modern economic landscape.

I'm talking about since the explosion of salaries in the '90s, when the average salary went from $500,000 to $1,000,000 in just five years by 1995

That's when shyt got real

Since 2000, who do you think has the most wins?

1. The Yankees - 2,344
2. The Dodgers - 2,302

I guess that's a coincidence, huh?

 

[Copy Ninja]

A salary cap will most definitely come with a salary floor.

Those cheap ass small market owners probably love what Bryce is doing. You know they don't want to spend money.

 

[VegetasHairline]

The Pirates just traded away Ke'Bryan Hayes. They signed him to a 8 year $70 million contract in 2022. He's under team control until 2029.

You really think a salary cap and salary floor is gonna stop them from doing things like this? @Cladyclad

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

The Pirates just traded away Ke'Bryan Hayes. They signed him to a 8 year $70 million contract in 2022. He's under team control until 2029.

You really think a salary cap and salary floor is gonna stop them from doing things like this? @Cladyclad

Traded a guy making less than $10 million per year for that long

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

“Bryce and I had a very passionate conversation so it’s understandable that emotions will come out when discussing how to honor and protect the game we love.”