Originally Posted by
jacksonianmarch
The CBA was different when Hanley signed. I think MLB pitched what was supposed to be a sweetheart deal to MLBPA and convinced them that all teams will try to win, etc, etc, etc. but once the big teams reloaded through the farm and avoided the big penalties to reset their lux tax, it left the middle level players without homes. This will continue without some easing from the MLB. The shitty part in all this is the fact that we are going to see another work stoppage. The owners are absolutely raking it in with NYY and LAD re-setting while still being super teams. The fact that there are 3 stacked teams in the NL and 4 in the AL has led everyone else to either try for a token wild card spot or rebuild. It’s the perfect storm and the free agents of this year are feeling it