Does legendary former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have a salient point about the state of MLB? On a recent episode of the “New Heights” podcast, which he hosts with his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, the elder Kelce criticized the state of baseball, which just crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers as repeat World Series champions. The Super Bowl 52 winner lamented the excess spending done by teams like the Dodgers and others in MLB, arguing that the regular season is pointless when the big market clubs are always the ones that remain standing by the time October rolls around. Kelce is right that the Dodgers were widely expected to win the World Series again in 2025, coming off their 2024 triumph. However, to make the sweeping generalization that money buys championships is a bit more nuanced than that. Last year, for example, the New York Mets held the distinction of MLB’s top payroll, sitting at $322M, per Spotrac. And while they did reach the NLCS in 2024, they didn’t quite win aRead More
Jason Kelce says the quiet part out loud about MLB’s big spenders
