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Originally Posted by DJJasonp
I guess if you're a knowledgeable fan, you should be wiser........but I would be somewhat ticked if I just bought season tickets 2-3 years ago.
I'm assuming you have to renew prior to the FA period???
Just a damn shame the MLB cant have a spending floor and spending cap.
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The luxury tax has essentially become a salary cap at this point. That's why the players are ticked and complaining about it to the media every day. Nobody wants to go over it. 10 years ago the Royals would have been blown away by the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, etc. for Hosmer. Even Ned said something to that effect the other day... they thought they wouldn't have a chance.
Instead the Royals lost Hosmer to the Padres, and Cain to the Brewers. It's not like either of those teams are big spenders. They both still have lower payrolls than the Royals... and by a decent margin too. We didn't get outbid by the big boys here. We got outbid by teams with less money and more payroll flexibility. Teams are way, way more economically savvy than they used to be.