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Nothing Personal with David Samson

Would a salary floor stop MLB teams from tanking? (2/15)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘floor’ as in the floor as in the bottom as in a salary floor! Everyone wants a salary floor in baseball. Fans are screaming for it. The Los Angeles Dodgers this year will spend more money than the Orioles, Indians, Marlins, Rays, and Pirates COMBINED! (17:10) The Dodgers are signing Justin Turner to an extension. Why are they paying the premium for a 36-year old? (28:25) Review: Judas and the Black Messiah. (34:08) NPPOD. (36:12) Wait to see tracker update. (42:45) Urban Meyer came under fire for hiring disgraced strength coach Chris Doyle. So what happened when the public went after the Jaguars? A resignation… No need to #waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying

0:07.7

a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My only resolution is

0:14.8

to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.

0:22.0

All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks. For no extra charge. While stocks

0:27.9

last subject to availability.

0:44.2

Floor. Nothing personal. Word of the day. How is everyone's weekend? It's Monday, February 15th

0:50.0

President's Day. But here at nothing personal, of course, we've got a show for you. Because how can you

0:55.3

get through a weekend? Every every weekend, coconut iron touch. There's so much going on. We can't

1:01.7

wait to get to Monday. It's not a holiday here. No chance. The word of the day is floor because

1:07.3

that is the big talk in Major League Baseball right now. Salary floor. Salary cap. Los Angeles Dodgers.

1:16.5

The Pittsburgh pirates. I want to give you some context to talk about how teams are put together.

1:23.8

When teams decide what to spend. When teams decide what not to spend. When teams are okay going over

1:31.8

the luxury tax threshold. And when teams put up the blue checked flag. Like they're in the date

1:38.6

tone of 500 before spring train even starts because this week we made it. Coke, I think we're

1:44.8

going to lose the way to see. Hard to believe we're not taking the loss yet because I have not seen

1:51.1

a team report. But spring train is starting this week. No delay. Forget the fact that no one can

1:57.0

get a vaccine. Five hours on the website looking for a place. Come on. Let's be better.

2:05.0

So here's the question about floors and salary floors because so many people, so many fans,

2:11.3

so many people in the media, they argue that they want their team to spend more money.

2:16.1

When teams sign players, fans get excited. When payrolls go up, fans get excited. When teams don't

2:27.6

perform the way fans want them to perform. And players are then traded or released.

2:36.7

Fans get upset. Why are you trading this guy? You'd happen with the Rockies. How could you be

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