"With the current collective bargaining agreement set to expire after this season, the players and the owners are drawing their lines in the sand when it comes to the Los Angeles Dodgers' current business model. This is nothing new, as this has been an ongoing conversation for the past couple of seasons. Some of MLB's biggest stars, like Bryce Harper, have made their support of player-friendly practices very clear."
""I love what the Dodgers do, obviously," Phillies star Bryce Harper told reporters in Florida. "I mean, they pay the money, they spend the money. I mean, they're a great team. They run their team like a business, and they run it the right way. "... Each team in baseball has an opportunity to do the same thing. Maybe not at the upper echelon of money, but they can draft, they can develop, they can trade. I think a lot of teams can do that in baseball, and they should.""
The collective bargaining agreement expires after this season, prompting sharp positions from players and owners over team business models. The Dodgers' high spending and robust baseball operations are central to that debate. Bryce Harper endorses the Dodgers as a model, praising their willingness to pay, invest, and operate like a business. Harper contends many clubs could increase investment in scouting, drafting, development, and trading without matching the Dodgers' payroll. Harper has previously opposed calls for a salary cap. The Philadelphia Phillies have generally re-signed Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto and added Adolis García and Brad Keller on modest deals.
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