This really makes me think, and worry.BottenFieldofDreams wrote: ↑November 4 20, 5:54 pmHere is where some owner should defy the brotherhood this offseason. Offer us a half-prospect and a quarter-prospect for Goldschmidt. Or a half-hearted high five for Goldschmidt if they take Matt Carpenter too.
How many teams will really be spending this year?
The Dodgers, because they can.
The Yankees, because they can.
The Red Sox, because they spent 2020 tanking/cost slashing specifically to get under the luxury cap so that they can spend in 2021.
That might be it! Talk about being a kid in a candy store. Why wouldn't one of those teams make crazy lowball offers on costly but still highly productive players on smaller market, cost-cutting teams? Goldschmidt is a good example, but how about guys like Rendon, Yelich, Arenado, Harper? Or second-tier but still very good guys, esp. arb-eligible ones whose price will go up. Starlin Marte types. Why wouldn't the Yankees swoop in and say "here's a prospect, we'll take on all of your guy's salary." Or has BottenField suggests, go ahead and package a Matt Carpenter type of dead-weight contract in, but give us Goldy.
The lack of a salary cap or floor is gonna make next year particularly awful for fans of smaller market teams.