After the Los Angeles Dodgers won back-to-back World Series Championships, MLB Team Owners have decided to take drastic measures by electing to simulate the 2026 MLB season.
The move seen in video games like MLB The Show, allows MLB teams and players to skip straight to the 2027 MLB lockout, where they plan to implement stricter financial rules in an effort to make a more level playing field across the league.
While almost every team voted in favor of the simulation, the repeating champs held out from the vote and claimed the league is already a level playing field, saying:
“We think the teams that don’t spend money are the biggest problem in the league, not the teams that do spend.
If you have money, you owe it to the fans to spend it now! Or, if not now, then in small chunks now and larger deferred chunks later. Either one works.
Even if there aren’t any decent free agents left, go watch Moneyball and figure it out.”
Some small market teams say they try their best to compete with the revenue and payroll they have, while others claim it’s just not enough. However, that doesn’t stop them from having hope:
“Honestly, we’re right there.
We’re just one multi-billion dollar broadcast rights deal away from being competitive.”