[OrangeHoof]

If the cap includes deferred money, it will leave the Dodgers with Ohtani and five players.

[whitney69]

“If the cap includes deferred money, it will leave the Dodgers with Ohtani and five players.”

They are just a face in the crowd. The New York Yankees have exceeded Major League Baseball’s luxury tax threshold (often referred to as a salary cap) in 18 seasons since the penalty system was introduced in 2003 to include the last four seasons. But during that time other teams were guilty of the same thing: Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, and Chicago Cubs.

So putting a cap on MLB is no different than what they had and ignored. And the owners make the rules. Think they will hold themselves to it and punish themselves? Not likely.

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[Alberta's Child]

If it doesn’t include deferred money up front, then the Dodgers could be facing a scenario where they have millions of dollars charged against the salary cap long after Ohtani is gone from the team.

It would ultimately come down to whether the cap is based on actual payroll (like the NFL) or the average contract value (like the NHL). The NHL system is interesting because a team can be “overcharged” in some years and “undercharged” in others when computing salaries for cap purposes. If a team, for example, signs a player to a three-year contract where he’s paid $10 million in Years 1 and 2, and $4 million in Year 3, then the player’s cap hit is $8 million each year for three years. So this works well for the team in the first two years but hurts them in Year 3 when they’re allocating $8M of cap space to a guy who is only getting paid $4M.

[KC_Conspirator]

Do not step in the way of the Dodgers buying more World Series.