look, I’m a Mets fan, but it’s absurd that the Dodgers landed Skubal. I’m not even opposed to dynasties, and yet: it feels absurd. like, what’s the point? what’s the point of developing a team if the Dodgers (or a team like it) are just going to to snag players & owners won’t compete?
Patrick DaughertyThey will, but it's that mentality that's actually killing baseball. The owners don't want it to be a competition in the traditional sense anymore. They want "cost certainty." They want it to be appreciating real estate. They want to obliterate all the mechanisms that make franchises different.