It’s been a long week for the MLBPA.
Executive Director Tony Clark resigned amid a scandal, just months before an expected labor dispute largely centered around a potential salary cap in MLB.
Amid that disruption to the MLBPA, the messaging hasn’t changed ahead of the looming labor dispute. There is no interest from the players in a salary cap, and they don’t believe it would fix what some see as parity issues within baseball.
Recently, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt spoke about the possibility of a salary cap. Bassitt is an MLBPA executive subcommittee member.
“The salary cap doesn’t fix anything,” Bassitt said. “If you look at every major sport with a salary cap, we have the best parity. The salary cap is not the issue. Having suppressed salaries across the league so owners make more money is not the answer. If I would tell you in 25 years, the Dodgers would be going to 10 World Series and winning seven of them, is that an issue? Because that’s the Patriots. The Chiefs have been to what, six or seven? The Philadelphia Eagles have been to four or five. The parity in our sport is better than any other sport.”