MLB
MLB Salary Cap: Players Are Right, Cheap Owners Are Worse, and Fans Are Last
Bryce Harper sat in a chair holding a bat last July while Rob Manfred talked to the Phillies about baseball’s economics. Harper sat quiet for most of the hour. Then he stood up, walked toward the middle of the room, and told the commissioner to get out of his clubhouse if the MLB salary cap...
MLB
Small Market Teams in 2026 Are Winning, But Don’t Get Too Comfortable
Juan Soto’s team is in last place. The small market teams in 2026 are the best story in baseball right now, and the New York Mets, who have spent something approaching half a billion dollars on payroll and luxury tax over the last two years, are doing more to make the case for them than...