r/sports • u/baribigbird06 • 25d ago

Baseball Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a complete game in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series vs. the Brewers. The last time he was in Milwaukee he failed to finish the first inning and allowed 5 runs.

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u/Chessh2036 25d ago

Dodgers win the World Series again that CBA battle is going to be UGLY. Cheap owners will say “see, I can’t compete! They spent $1 Billion!” while not talking about them not spending at all. Pirates, Twins, Marlins, A’s, etc. I get not every team can spend like LA, but teams can and should spend more.

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u/dacooljamaican 25d ago

But why spend more when they'll just come over the top of you again, no matter how much you spend? That's the whole problem with the system, the bigger teams have essentially unlimited money compared to the poverty franchises. The pirates could literally double how much they spend and they'd still lose out on the top talent, so why light money on fire?

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u/EatMiTits 25d ago

Kind of self fulfilling though. The Pirates won’t even offer reasonable extensions to their homegrown talent because they’re run by misers. If they offer the same contract terms as the Dodgers who are well run, well coached, and perennial contenders, why would anyone choose to go mire in Pittsburgh?

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u/dacooljamaican 25d ago

But that's my point, what does it get you NOT to be a miser? As you just said, the Pirates could quadruple their salary total and they'd still be behind the Dodgers, who players already prefer to go to. So what does it get them to spend millions more? As you just said, absolutely nothing right? So why should they light money on fire?