Why MLB is The Last League That Needs a Salary Cap
Summary
A former New York Mets general manager, Zack Scott, argues that putting a salary cap on Major League Baseball (MLB) teams will only affect about one-third of a team's success. He says other things like scouting, player development, management, and luck play a bigger role in whether a team wins or loses.Key Facts
- Zack Scott is a former general manager of the New York Mets.
- Scott says player payroll contributes only about one-third to a team's success in MLB.
- Other important factors are scouting, player development, team management, and luck.
- MLB teams use many players over a long season—29 pitchers and 49 position players on average across 162 games.
- MLB has far more player-game opportunities (12,636) than the NHL (2,660), NBA (1,591), or NFL (551), which makes luck more important in baseball.
- The NBA and NFL are more affected by injuries because of smaller rosters and fewer games.
- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred supports a salary cap to make the league more competitive.
- Some teams have low payrolls but still lead their divisions, showing spending money isn’t the only factor in success.
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