Deesha Thosar: MLB’s proposed luxury tax is designed to punish the Mets

[ASFN Admin]

NEW YORK — The luxury tax, or Major League Baseball’s well-disguised salary cap, is being designed by owners to punish Steve Cohen and the Mets. The Mets are central to the current labor negotiations because Cohen, the richest owner in MLB, just blew past the previous luxury tax threshold in the expired CBA. For the first time since purchasing the Mets in 2020, Cohen this winter finally did ...

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