Mariner Talk Chat Forum

I'm sure everyone is completely bored with talk of salary caps, and everything associated with it. I will cease and desist on this particular rabbit hole, and get back to the offseason topics. But god it's been a boring offseason!! I will end by pasting in an article from The Athletic that is as tim...

I just don't see the relevance of comparing MLB to NFL or MLS or the NBA. It is played in the spring and summer so it barely competes with the NBA and NFL and Soccer is just a blip and a totally different demographic for the most part. Baseball attendance is up about 700% since the 1940s. I think M...

All owners care about is revenues and they have been growing at a rapid rate this entire century and are at an all time high as the graph below shows. People thinking that a salary cap and floor is going to lead to some jump in attendance and viewership are a bit naive imo. You will still have the ...

Are you guys aware of Google and AI? I am aware. I rarely post something without fact checking. I don't type something into Google and copy/paste the first thing that pops up. Maybe my post was a little unclear, but it is no less factually based. See my post to bpj for clarification. I agree with y...

I hadn't heard this about the plummeting interest, and hearing so surprised me. Hi bpj - My claims about the waning popularity of baseball are based on long term trends, not on the last 5 years.Baseball has been tweaking rules the last 5 years (shift-banning, pitch clocks, bigger bases etc) specifi...

I think owners will push hard for a cap but may not be willing to go far enough to get it, and as a consequence we could wind up losing most or even all of the 2027 season. What is going far enough to get it??? 2 seasons? 3? 5??? Maybe they can do a floor and just increase the lux tax? But these hi...

Even if you have a $300M salary cap and a $100M floor you have the rich teams spending 3x more than the poor teams so what is the point. Certainly isn't worth losing a season over like all the freaks on X are begging for. I think you’re missing my point. I think that you’re thinking a 3x spending g...

AYep the Dodgers are just buying WS Titles. If there was a Cap they would be lucky to win 60 games. :lol: :lol: :lol: Screenshot 2026-01-16 160902.png The Dodgers' elite farm system is actually a product of their wealth because they can afford the best scouts, technology, and analysts to find and d...

So what would fix it then? I don't think it is broken but you would have to implement a floor that is closer to the cap. Maybe $150M and $250M but the small market owners would never go for it. Without a salary cap, Major League Baseball increasingly rewards raw financial capacity rather than roste...

Southpaw773 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 16, 2026 5:26 pm

Bichette is a Met I am hearing 3yr 126M

3 years, $42MM per year.

We would never do that deal, and I’m glad we didn’t. Don’t get me wrong. I’d love Bichette, but there’s no way I pay $40 million a season for him. Good for him for getting a deal like that.