MLB might be looking into doing away with AL/NL

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Originally Posted by Droford The thing with Pittsburgh that would piss me off is that they have had some good players go through there but they consistently trade them away for almost nothing to avoid paying them. The Twins were like that up until recently. Theres no way you are going to put out a consistently competitive team in baseball trying to grow your team up from the minors if you're going to trade them before they start to cost you big money, its almost like the team would be a perpetual rebuilding mode and a farm system for the richer teams like the Yankees.

That's exactly why I criticize them. There are a handful of teams that don't want to be better.
A salary requirement would be just as effective as a salary cap, in many ways. Some teams are looking to constantly cut costs and keep things on a safe, even level. If they can turn a minor profit with a bad team, they will stay a bad team.