Brad Baranowski

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

@Fan960Wills @schadjoe Ray Finkle

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

@MitchBannon Kinda done with the guy's attitude, not a team guy at all. #BlueJays i hear nothing about whining and selfish comments. Heshcky to be where he is

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

@BenSteiner00 He probably still lost

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

@gotigs.....80% of the teams face this issues if not more

[TigsTown @TigsTown]

According to Forbes, the #Tigers made $320M in revenue last year. Only 5 teams made less, two of whom played in Triple-A stadiums in 2025.

The Dodgers meanwhile receive $332M annually, just from their local TV contract.

Because of the MSG/FanDuel mess, the #Tigers don't even have a local TV contract at the moment.

I get that the Dodgers have the flexibility to spend, but when they have a guaranteed annual revenue stream just from local TV that is worth more than half a dozen teams make in total... we're going to have a VERY difficult time creating competitive balance.

And in a fixed system that controls so much, you can't have THIS much disparity in finances between clubs.

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

@mickey_canuck @jenniferhedger Neither Santander or Okamoto, for that matter! #Bluejays

[Oracle Park Seagull  @OracleSeagull]

One thing we should take away from all this Dodgers nonsense: players signing with them at this point are heartless, spineless and cowards who aren’t self confident in their abilities to baseball or lead. It’s no longer about the love of the game.

[Adam Clanton @adamclanton]

Can’t wait until we find out the @Dodgers deferred $239 million of Kyle Tucker’s $240 million deal until 2060. But hey: your team, too, can buy a championship on credit if it has a built-in billion dollar TV network deal. We are soooo not getting a 2027 @MLB season. 😂 #LockOut

[Dylan Delgatto @DDelgattoNFL]

Other teams can NOT do this and they are NOT just choosing not to

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

@metsventpage Fucking sellout piece of trash

[Aaron J. Fentress @AaronJFentress]

@TigersJUK And this.

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

This is exactly why other teams just cannot match and spend, its not hard to understand. The league is simply not fair...and my team spends!!! #mlb

[Aaron J. Fentress @AaronJFentress]

@TigersJUK And this.

[Jed 🇬🇧 @TigersJUK]

The issue isn’t really the Dodgers spending, it’s that the Dodgers spending is kind of stopping other teams bothering?

Why would 75-82 win team give Kyle Tucker the big $350M+ deal & still be miles behind them.

Might as well go young & try fluke it.

[Connor Williams⚾🏴‍☠️ @Wins_Williams]

If you don't think its a serious problem that there are team(s) running around with player payrolls likely comparable to what small markets have in total revenue I can't help you. You are very dull. You probably really struggle adding basic numbers together.

[Riceman 🧊 @PlayoffRice]

Dodger fans are the most Low IQ ppl on the planet lol

[Fitz @FitzGSN_]

That lockout in 2027 might last for 5 years

[Brad Baranowski @boosterkosmo]

@HoodieAlonso Skubal, welcome to the #Dodgers next year! #mlb

[trev @BayAreaTrev]

Fuck you @KTuck30

[Sam Phalen @Sam_Phalen]

Kyle Tucker’s 2026 salary alone could pay for … 77 PLAYERS making league minimum.

His yearly salary is 89% of the TOTAL payroll of the 2026 Miami Marlins.

He will make $120,000 per AT-BAT.

Deferred money has killed baseball. #Dodgers

[Mickey Koke @mickeykoke]

The Dodgers have handed out over $2.2 billion in contracts in just the last three offseasons. That number alone is more than the total value of half of MLB franchises, including the team they just beat in the World Series.

Their projected 2026 luxury tax bill is around $165 million. Not payroll — just the tax. That would rank near the middle of the league in total payroll by itself. That’s insane.

Most teams simply cannot operate this way, no matter how smart their front office is or how well they draft. The Dodgers have a massive TV deal, ownership willing to eat historic tax penalties, and the flexibility to treat the luxury tax as a business expense instead of a deterrent.

For a lot of franchises, one bad contract sets them back years.
For the Dodgers, there’s always another move.

MLB doesn’t have a salary cap, and at this point it barely has meaningful guardrails. When one organization can spend more in penalties than some teams spend on entire rosters, the idea of competitive balance starts to fall apart.

You can respect what they’re doing and still admit the system is broken.

Because this isn’t parity.
It isn’t sustainable. At least not for almost every other team.

And it’s not healthy for the sport long term.

It's making the game boring and more predictable.

[Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli]

The following things can both be true

1. Any team can spend money, and more teams should

2. One team with a serious financial advantage outbidding everybody every time is not good for the league