Major League Baseball doesn’t have a salary cap, even as much as the Competitive Balance Tax threshold acts like one for some teams.
But on Monday, Jerry Recco filled in for Boomer on the WFAN morning show, and he and Gio got into a debate about why MLB, like the NHL, doesn’t have a salary floor?
“Why in baseball has it not finally been decided there will be a salary floor?” Jerry asked. “Everybody is so crazy about top players making a fortune and setting the market – but then you have a million guys who are making $800K a year, bare minimums, and some of these teams are paying out nothing and collecting from other teams.”
What Jerry was alluding to, of course, is those teams that receive revenue sharing monies from higher-spending teams, yet still seem to have incredibly small payrolls (like, say, perhaps the Pirates).
Of course, even though Jerry said he’s “not crying” for those making the league minimum, the salary floor would mostly benefit the players
“If you’re the MLBPA, why would you not fight for a floor to make these teams spend the money they get and make them reinvest money they get from other clubs?” Jerry asked.
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Of course, Gio explained the business of the business succinctly.
“I’m sure it’s on the table, but it’s probably the same thing like when you talk salary cap: a non-starter with the owners.”
Jerry isn’t buying it, though.
“If the money is the same, essentially, wouldn’t you prefer as a group that it gets divvied up a little bit better?”
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