MLB's Salary Floor Is the Bait, Not the Point
MLB's $245.3M cap and $171.2M floor look like fairness, but the math only asks one side to actually change, and it isn't ownership footing that bill.
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MLB's $245.3M cap and $171.2M floor look like fairness, but the math only asks one side to actually change, and it isn't ownership footing that bill.
MLB owners proposed a $245.3M hard cap that would have blocked Ohtani's $700M deal. Bruce Meyer called it the worst labor system in any major sport.
MLB owners proposed a $245M hard salary cap for the first time since 1994. The union isn't budging. Here's why this CBA fight is already uglier than it looks.