Major League Baseball owners are constantly looking for ways to limit costs. One of the reasons for the lockout before the 2022 season was MLB’s attempt to reduce player salaries. Eventually players were able to make modest gains in the luxury tax levels and get a bonus pool created for pre-arb players, but MLB’s attempt for a salary cap failed. (Rest assured, owners are going to try this again next time.)
Now, as reported by Evan Drellich in The Athletic, baseball owners are proposing limits on spending in other areas:
Major League Baseball and high-ranking club officials have discussed limiting how much teams can spend in areas other than player salaries, such as technology, player development, scouting and health, multiple people briefed on such discussions told The Athletic.