Dodgers’ spending spree becomes unlikely weapon in fight against MLB salary cap

Source: New York Post

LAS VEGAS – To make a point about why a salary cap was not only unnecessary but also detrimental to baseball, the sport’s most influential agent offered the example of a team that went “from the outhouse of bankruptcy to the penthouse of world championships. ” The Dodgers have often been cited as a reason there should be restrictions on how much franchises should be able to spend on players, but Scott Boras claimed the opposite was true. In Boras’ view, they are a credit to baseball’s current free-market system.