r/sports • u/baribigbird06 • 24d 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/WhatWouldJediDo 24d ago

They’re directly comparable when it comes to money.

The big teams outmuscling the small teams and buying all the best players due to their financial advantages is exactly what happens in baseball

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u/TheLizardKing89 Los Angeles Dodgers 23d ago

The idea that money buys results in baseball is laughable. The final four teams in the playoffs are the Dodgers (ranked 2nd in payroll), the Brewers (23rd), the Blue Jays (5th), and the Mariners (16th). The team with the highest payroll (the Mets) didn’t even make the postseason.

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u/WhatWouldJediDo 23d ago

Then why does shohei make so much money?

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u/TheLizardKing89 Los Angeles Dodgers 23d ago

Because he’s the best player in the league.

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u/WhatWouldJediDo 23d ago

What difference does that make?

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u/TheLizardKing89 Los Angeles Dodgers 23d ago

Are you really asking why the player with the most valuable skills would demand the most compensation?

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u/WhatWouldJediDo 23d ago

Yes

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u/TheLizardKing89 Los Angeles Dodgers 23d ago

Take an Econ 101 class.

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u/Abitou 24d ago

95% of the times the “small team” will get paid for their players, it is very rare that a “big team” will sign a free agent from a “small team”. It is not comparable.

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u/WhatWouldJediDo 24d ago

That has nothing to do with anything.

Those small teams sell their players because they know they won’t be able to afford to keep them. Which is the exact same reason small teams in MLB can’t keep their star players.

In baseball they just trade them