Fenway is packed every game!

​@@t-bone2019Yes. When the Giants came to town in late April/ early May, so did their fans. So will Braves, Blue Jays, and Yankee fans.

Owners will never give the players that without a maximum

Owners want a cap. Players don't. Players want a floor. Owners don't.

I think there are other ways to do it, like loudly complimenting the food in the press box when the Yankees hit a home run on the road and saying, "If they would only spend money on a starter like they would these hotdogs..."

I read the NY Post interview with Hal and I don't see where you're inferring this from what he said. What part of the interview gave you this impression that that was his point? It sounded to me like he was more upset about having to spend 2.1x the money to get a guy like Snell this off-season. I didn't see anywhere that he mentioned how he's upset with stingy owners that don't spend. I'm with Ken, OPEN THE BOOKS! It's never going to happen, but I'm also never going to take billionaires at their word, especially when it comes to "financial hardship".

@@Scotter4536 Well, Hal’s comments came at the MLB owners meeting and not in a NY Post interview, so that’s your first clue that you have to read between the lines. When you ask yourself why he would say that in that particular setting, it being about the luxury tax starts to make a lot of sense.

@@StacheBigote Yeah, the story broke cause he was talking to Dan Martin of the NY Post at the Owners Meeting. Unless you're referencing some other news story. But I'm pretty sure they're discussing the comments from that NY Post article, just like everyone else has. And I understand why they're discussing the luxury tax. My point was that in his comments he never mentions anything about how other teams aren't spending the luxury tax money they receive. Can you point me to the Hal's comments that you're referring to or that you think Foul Territory is referring to?

@@Scotter4536 Yeah, I just meant that there’s a difference between him sitting down for an interview with the NY Post and talking to reporters at the owners meeting. The latter opens all sorts of doors to subtext. Within that subtext is where they’re drawing these conclusions from. It’s hard to fully gauge Hal’s intentions without knowing the specifics of conversations had at the owners meeting. But he could’ve very easily been saying that in the press so that other owners would hear it.

I can understand the Yankee angst about paying luxury tax and revenue sharing in higher $$$$ than some teams total payroll... The idea of those was for those teams to use that $$$ on payroll and they are not doing that.

I am a Yankee fan living in St.petersburg. actually cashman is a decent gm I think Boone was a bad choice for manager. I think there are a dozen better managers then Boone.

I agree and a lot of it has to do with scouting. Baseball scouts today have gotten more lazy, they only focus on the metrics (throwing velocity, exit velo, 60 yard) and guys will get drafted/signed if they have exceptional metrics even if they are not great ball players. This is why we don’t see more contact hitters or location specialists in mlb anymore. Those type of guys don’t even get signed anymore. If you can throw a ball 95 even with terrible accuracy youll get an opportunity, and if you can hit a ball 100+mph but have awful contact rates and strikeout half the time you’ll still get an opportunity Btw : I noticed this at a recent showcase where I sat next to a few scouts and all they cared about was the pitchers velocity & spin rate. Seemed like they didn’t care on the results of the outing even if they gave up multiple runs as long as the pitcher was consistently 90+ mph with good spin they were interested. Then a guy with a mid - high 80s fastball could shut down the lineup and get no interest. Its ridiculous

If you’re an uneducated smooth brain and a glutton we’re certainly not having 18 year old scotch 😂

Yet the A’s are still better than most teams who spend similar amounts. They got the money ball.

do not think soto will be defering his next contract for 10 years

Bc the player has to agree to take deferred money. And some don't want to or don't have the bank acct to accept deferred money. Ohtani makes a ton of money on endorsements. Most players don't.

Because Ohtani wanted that deal, no other player would do that.

You would have to be an idiot to take him out of the rotation even when Cole comes back, Cortes would have to kick to the pen at this point

You have a solid point.. and the same teams that don't reinvest and tank have the best draft picks.

It is ridiculous. Why should I pay less successful people because I am successful?

Burger King and McDonald’s is not a 1:1 comparison. If either goes out of business the other will be fine. However if all the other baseball teams drop out the Yankees will also cease as they need opponents where McDonald’s does not.

Unions and the owners association

This is a really bad take. Terrible analogy. It’s called a competitive balance tax for a reason. You’re also looking at the extremes to justify your ridiculous argument, how about all the mid-market teams that do spend but don’t have the same buying power? Dodgers just signed over $1billion to free agents in one offseason, you can’t expect even large market teams to compete regularly with that type of spending.

No, but it should be spent on SOMETHING in baseball. The A's have probably received enough money over the last 10 years in revenue sharing to build their own baseball stadium. Instead, they're going to play at a AAA stadium for three years as they 'calmly' figure out what they're doing in Vegas. The Rays have also been a recipient the last 10 years. They're not really bidding against the Yankees for players, but at least Rays/ Yankees games at the Stadium are true contests...

@@HHSGDFootballJPD I get your point but you that’s not going to change anything. If you force owners to spend that money on salaries, for example, then what’s to stop them from running out the same payroll and now just pocketing the money raised internally now that half your payroll is being paid by luxury tax? Just like in real life, more legislation is not usually the best answer because people will always find the work around when it comes to their best interest. Sure you can pay more taxes if you’d like, but wouldn’t you also claim as many deductions and write-offs that you can?

@bobbleheadbob Nothing would stop the owners from pocketing their own money except for a salary floor, true. But we'd still be at the same problem. And let's not forget--not only is there the luxury tax, but there is also general revenue sharing. If I remember the percentages right, the Yankees keep 70% of whatever they make at home and they take 30% of whatever the home team makes when they are on the road.

@@HHSGDFootballJPD interesting, I wasn’t aware of the general revenue sharing. I don’t have any issues with revenue sharing, especially since you need a league for teams to play against and I’m sure the big market teams don’t mind eating the small markets for wins. I can understand why the owners of large market teams might care if such a large % is being shared with owners “pocketing” the money. However most fans just want fair competition and equal opportunity, they don’t care about how the billionaires split their money. I definitely see this being an issue of contention during the next CBA between owners… Hopefully the fans don’t suffer because the owners are fighting over who keeps the $

Stay in the same century... I mean, come on...

Negotiating ploy w/Soto aside, the NYY does not mint money. The TV, ticket & ad revenue is not infinite. There is a certain point where the payroll gets too high, even for the Yanks. You understand that, right?

Dodgers will take Soto then.

Just the Dodgers? If the Mets are bidding, Soto’s price tag will only go up. $500 million? $700 million. At that range, even those teams start losing $$$$. No owner, not even Steve Cohen or Guggenheim, want MLB to be a losing enterprise for all the owners