Salary Cap in Baseball

[kaharthemad]

I am all for a cap. If they whine about it? Drop the axe on it and give a AAA starter a shot. Let them work in the real world for a bit. I cant see any guy making the money some of these guys make...take a look:

As of last year here are the contracts:


http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/highsalaries.html

Average Salaries:
Player, club Years Avg. salary
Kevin Brown, Los Angeles 1999-2005 $15,000,000
Shawn Green, Los Angeles 2000-05 $14,000,000
Mo Vaughn, Anaheim 1999-2004 $13,333,333
Randy Johnson, Arizona 1999-2002 $13,100,000
Mike Piazza, N.Y. Mets 1999-2005 $13,000,000
Albert Belle, Baltimore 1999-2003 $13,000,000
Ken Griffey Jr., Cincinnati 2000-2009 $12,944,444
Pedro Martinez, Boston 1998-2003 $12,500,000
Bernie Williams, N.Y. Yankees 1999-2005 $12,500,000
Larry Walker, Colorado 2000-05 $12,500,000
David Cone, N.Y. Yankees 2000 $12,000,000
Carlos Delgado, Toronto 2000-02 $12,000,000
Greg Maddux, Atlanta 1998-2002 $11,500,000
Barry Bonds, San Francisco 1999-2000 $11,450,000
Gary Sheffield, Los Angeles 1998-2003 $11,416,667
Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs 1998-2001 $10,625,000
Raul Mondesi, Toronto 1998-2003 $10,000,000



yeah I think they can live with a little cap.

[Ouchyfish]

I agree with that but to play devil's advocate should the owners be able to reap shitloads of money thanks to big name players without compensating them? If it gets capped would it chase the players off to Japan?

[Tikker]

if people are playing just for the sake of money, you've lost already

[Phlegm]

I agree with that but to play devil's advocate should the owners be able to reap shitloads of money thanks to big name players without compensating them? If it gets capped would it chase the players off to Japan?

Japan has a 4 foreign players per team limit. With 12 teams, the max major league baseball would lose is 48 players.

[Ouchyfish]

I am sure they would change their rules if it meant getting all of our stars =)