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There’s no midpoint between these two offers because they’re on different axes. The average of 26 and a Volkswagen is a lockout. The owners have gone to the mattresses over a payroll cap only once, back in 1994. Doing so cost us all a World Series, and the owners botched their labor strategy so badly the entire system was thrown out in court. Ever since then, though, they’ve slowly gained the upper hand over the market for players, and the current system -- the one they’re trying to throw out -- is the best for MLB owners since 1975.
