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00:00So, let's talk about the Dodgers and money.
00:04A lot of people are offended by the amount of players that they're signing legally and
00:12the money they're spending, which they're allowed to do, and no one else can keep pace
00:19with them.
00:20We had a conversation today already on this show about the Pirates payroll and how nutting
00:27is actually making money off of the TV deals and baseball revenue, and he's keeping all
00:33the money and not spending it on players.
00:36He's just keeping the money.
00:37That's why he won't sell the team.
00:40And that no one's selling their baseball teams these days because of that same reason.
00:46Are we close to turmoil in baseball and another strike based on the haves and have nots?
00:56I think we're looking toward that two years from now.
00:58That's when the labor deal runs out in December of 2026.
01:03I think the owner is going to push very, very hard for a salary cap.
01:07They've tried before.
01:09You know, haven't got anywhere.
01:10And they'll say, hey, we want a floor, too.
01:12But I think people are very upset with what's going on with the Dodgers.
01:16At first, it was Steve Cole and the Mets, and now it's all the Dodgers.
01:20Let's put it this way.
01:21The Dodgers make more money than anybody, and they make about $380 million a year
01:26just off their local TV contract.
01:28Ohtani brings in a fortune, so they can spend whatever they want.
01:32They still make money.
01:33Where the Mets last year lost about over $300 million, but Steve Cole can afford it.
01:39So a lot of owners say, hey, we don't want to lose money.
01:41We don't want to make it either.
01:42But no one really, you know, has a hard time believing it like,
01:45you're making some money here.
01:47And yeah, teams that get the revenue sharing money, whether it's Pittsburgh,
01:51Oakland, some of these small market teams, they're not spending it.
01:55Oakland's finally forced to.
01:57Gave them $100 million because the player association was cracking down on them.
02:00At some point, I think they're going to start cracking down on Pittsburgh too.
02:04It's like, hey, let's start spending this money.
02:06So my friend Hacksaw Hamilton in San Diego reported that the Padres have
02:12financial problems.
02:13Is that true?
02:16Well, remember they had to get a loan last year in September to cover payroll.
02:21So they're not going to have payroll.
02:23They're going to try to keep it the same way.
02:27What the big fear is, a year from now, those contracts become bloated.
02:31All of a sudden, they escalate, whether it's Bernardo Tatis,
02:35Manny Machado, Xander Bogarts.
02:37So a little bit of a money crunch.
02:39And they're maxed out, attendance-wise.
02:41They sell out just about every game.
02:43So they got to be a little careful.
02:45Their payroll got too high for them, and now they got to, you know,
02:47bring it down at least below the leisure tax level.
02:50So they're going to have to trade some of those star players.
02:55Well, some of them are unmovable.
02:57I mean, no one's going to pick up those contracts.
02:59I think Tatis, with what Soto got and everything else, I think he's movable.
03:04I don't think it's going to, it's not going to happen now.
03:06But a year from now, if they don't make the playoffs or everything else,
03:09I think I could see it happening.
03:11But they have so much big star power there, the big contracts.
03:15And this is a big year for them because they're going to lose a couple of free
03:18agents at the end of the year.
03:19You know, Michael King's a free agent.
03:21Dylan Cease is a free agent.
03:22So if they don't win this year, watch out.