The Brewers are a perfect case study for those who think baseball has a competitive balance problem. "I'm not saying the economic system in the sport is perfect, what I'm saying is to suggest that the salary cap is the only answer is just simply absurd," says Ken Rosenthal.

@Ken_Rosenthal Just because the Brewers are defying the odds doesn’t mean theres not a competitive balance problem.

@Ken_Rosenthal The brewers are obviously an outliner.

Who said it is the only answer? But it would definitely help to level the field. Teams like Dodgers n Yankees have such larger room for error because they can just sign whoever they want to sign. Teams like Twins, Brewers or Reds have to absolutely ace the draft, scout n development side.

@Ken_Rosenthal Since 2014, teams in the bottom third of payroll account for only 20% of playoff spots

@Ken_Rosenthal Do not use us to push that shitty narrative!! I’m pretty sure we’d be better if we could have kept CC, Prince, Hader, Burnes, JJ, Burnes, Adames.

@Ken_Rosenthal Make Ken Rosenthal take a paycut and live on half of his salary. He can just be asked to make smarter decisions with his budget. Let’s see if he likes living that way every frickin’ year he exists.

@Ken_Rosenthal The system is broken. Youhave no means of controlling the costs/revenues. To say the Brewers have a solution, yes we have made the playoffs routinely but have had problems getting out of the 1st round. At some point u need to look at the World Series Champions and their success.

@Ken_Rosenthal Yea they’re a great team. that being said the salary cap is no longer nor was ever necessary

@Ken_Rosenthal I believe the Dodgers also state the case. They spent a LOT of money to be about as good as the Seattle Mariners.

@Ken_Rosenthal No league should have a salary cap.

@Ken_Rosenthal Notice the only time a small market team can win a division is if they are in a real weak one that lacks big spenders?

@Ken_Rosenthal Every national reporter, @Ken_Rosenthal included, is a big mkt and @MLB shill. Every time one small market team defies the odds, they make out like the slew of uncompetitive small market teams don’t exist.

@Ken_Rosenthal No one says a salary cap is the only answer. It has to be a part of it.

@Ken_Rosenthal In the past 25 years only two small market teams have won the World Series, but sure Ken, everything is fine 👍🏻

@Ken_Rosenthal People need to stop falling for this crap. Ken Rosenthal is just trying to help push a narrative for the ownership right before the next players negotiation. He hasn’t talked about the brewers so much in his life

@Ken_Rosenthal I guess what I don’t understand is how the sport benefits from such a large payroll discrepancy. Who does it benefit other than the top 1% of players and fans of a top payroll team?

@Ken_Rosenthal the answer is fewer teams. even if every team had a billion dollar salary budget there arent enough good players to go around. so then they will sign likely in sexier big cities like most (not all) young men would be drawn to. or more tradition and story or whatever.

@Ken_Rosenthal Ahhh yes. Every time a small market club manages to burst through the competitive imbalance brick wall of a sport without a cap we hear this. Let’s revisit when it comes time to re-sign all their good players.

@Ken_Rosenthal Wait, I thought the Dodgers were supposed to win 120 games this year!? This was a talking point all Winter.

@Ken_Rosenthal Did you say that last year, too, when the Yankees played the Dodgers in the World Series?

@Ken_Rosenthal Oh wait, if there was a salary cap the @brewers would be undefeated this year

@LanceMcAlister @Ken_Rosenthal Let’s take an outlier and claim it is the rule rather than an exception. Solid rationale.

@Ken_Rosenthal The difference that continues to be ignored is that it’s extremely unlikely the Brewers will be able to maintain close to this level of success. The Dodgers have won 91+ games for 11 straight seasons. And 100+ 5 of last 7. The Brewers might get to 100 one time. Whoopee.

@Ken_Rosenthal Let me know when they get to the World Series let alone win it.

@Ken_Rosenthal Omg the poor millionaires won’t get paid more.

@Ken_Rosenthal I don’t know that using a team having the best season in their 50+ year franchise history is a great example of “poor teams can win too.”

@Ken_Rosenthal Fuck uou we hate you

@Ken_Rosenthal If a small market team does everything perfectly they can succeed for awhile, not for the long haul though

@Ken_Rosenthal This just means they have to work harder/smarter than other bigger market teams to achieve the same outcome, so still not ~fair~. Convenient outlier, not an affirmation of the status quo.

@Ken_Rosenthal The salary cap is what folks suggest when they don’t pay enough attention. It’s like saying “McDonalds” when someone asks where you want to stop to eat.

@Ken_Rosenthal 8 of the top 10 payrolls are in playoff position right now! Sure you get a few outliers that can compete for a year or 2 mixed in. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Ken_Rosenthal There should be a floor so cheap skate owner can’t bank money

@Ken_Rosenthal Certainly the Brewers have a lot of World Series wins, Ken!

@Ken_Rosenthal It’s cuz big money teams sign these guys who hit a lotta homers to huge long term deals and they rarely ever pan out. And then they sign these pitchers 30M+ per year to get hurt all the time. You need guys to put the ball in play more, strikeout less and play better defense

@Ken_Rosenthal The Rays, Brewers & Indians to a lesser extent have demonstrated at different degrees what solid organizations can do with less money. It’s harder but not impossible.