LA Times · Oct 21, 2025
MLB owners say lopsided spending is a serious problem. What does the union say?
Dodgers catcher Will Smith hugs pitcher Roki Sasaki after the final out of the Dodgers’ NLCS-clinching victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Oct. 17.The Dodgers will spend half a billion dollars on payroll and luxury tax this year, far exceeding many teams’ budgets.
MLB owners may push for a salary cap in 2027 CBA negotiations. The players’ union opposes it as “institutionalized collusion.”
Team owners fighting for a salary cap could put the 2027 season in jeopardy.
If this World Series is going to turn into a food fight about the economics of baseball, Dave Roberts tossed the first meatball.