Dodgers' Roberts: 'I'm all right' with MLB salary cap, floor
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is open to the idea of MLB implementing a salary cap after the current collective bargaining agreement expires in less than a year.
"You know what? I'm all right with that," Roberts told Amazon Prime's "Good Sports" on Tuesday. "I think the NBA has done a nice job of revenue sharing with the players and the owners. But if you're going to kind of suppress spending at the top, I think that you got to raise the floor to make those bottom-feeders spend money, too."
Roberts' remarks come after the skipper led the Dodgers to a second straight World Series title with the priciest roster in MLB history, finishing the 2025 season with a competitive balance tax payroll of $415 million.
The 53-year-old took aim at critics of his club's spending habits after Los Angeles swept the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.
"Before the season started, they said the Dodgers are ruining baseball," Roberts said at the time. "Let's get four more wins and really ruin baseball."
The idea of a salary cap is expected to be a divisive issue during CBA negotiations, as the league and MLBPA face a potential work stoppage after Dec. 1, 2026.
Commissioner Rob Manfred and Philadelphia Phillies superstar Bryce Harper had a heated face-to-face confrontation about the topic in July. The latter reportedly told Manfred that players "are not scared to lose 162 games" if MLB tries to add a salary cap to the new CBA.