Oh brother where art thou ?

Since Aug. 19 , Shohei has batted .156 with 0 hr and 1 rbi !! The Dodgers are even talking about benching him . I bring this up to point out the flaw in all the talk about how MLB needs a salary cap . The combined payrolls of CLE and TB is half of the Dodgers and technically less because of Shohei's 70 mill a year , only 2 mill counts against the cap and 680 m is deferred for the 10 yrs after his contract expires . Does throwing millions against the wall help , yes , but it doesn't guarantee success . What MLB needs is a salary floor imho .

I forgot to add the Brewers , all 3 of the other playoff teams combined adds up to 316 m compared to LA's 340 m .