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All Up Innes

MLB Salary Cap Part 2: Nuance

All Up Innes

Josh Innes

News, Comedy, Sports, Entertainment News

2.4526 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Here is the issue with the idea of a salary floor.... What if you've got a super young team that doesn't need to be paid a ton of cash? Look at the 2017 Astros as an example.

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1:13.6

were for many, many, many years, but before the Astros became this dominant team they've been

1:18.3

for a decade, there was the tanking era of the Astros. But then there was also the we tanked,

1:24.2

and now we have all of these young players who we think are going to be the core of our team.

1:28.6

And a lot of them are just cheap players because that's how their contracts are set up because they're young dudes.

1:33.5

They're in their first deals.

1:35.2

You know, you look at Bregman, you look at Altuve, and you looked at Correa.

1:38.9

And like, let me see.

1:41.1

I want to see the 2017 Astros as an example.

1:44.7

2017 Astros salaries.

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