Report: MLB Eyes 'System That Gets to a Salary Cap' Despite MLBPA's Resistance

Major League Baseball is reportedly pushing to install a salary cap to close the gap between MLB's richest teams and its smaller-market franchises.

According to Evan Drellich of The Athletic, commissioner Rob Manfred has said MLB's economic reform committee is focusing on television distribution and revenue disparity, but an industry source told Drellich an "underlying motivation" of the committee is to address small-market owners' concerns:

"The whole idea is to basically come up with a system that gets to a salary cap. Rob didn't lie by saying it has to do with the [regional sports networks], dealing with the RSNs. Because these teams will lose more money and the disparity will get bigger.…