Jeff Passan ESPN MLB Insider Interview - The Michael Kay Show TMKS January 28 2025

[@hopespringseternal2624]

Jeff Passan is the only reporter that I trust. Class act. Thank you for having him on

[@raulreyesjesus63]

The best MLB insider , expert Jeff passan

[@joesal14]

29min of Jeff schooling Michael on a sport he’s covered for decades lol

[@jaiquanbonin9484]

tough to teach an old dawg new tricks

[@calvindomin441]

@@jaiquanbonin9484yeah but if you’ve made it long enough to even be an old dog then you did something right down the line haha

[@michaell8002]

Jeff talking alot of bllsht and his hint of arrogance makes it sound more legit.

[@joesal14]

@@michaell8002lol that literally describes Michael 😂

[@PatrickFennell-o7z]

Jeff Passan and many other reporters do not understand finance and economics. The Dodgers are owned by a private equity firm that is not in it for the long run which is why they structured the deferred money. While they are operating within the rules of the sport, they will destroy the economics of the sport and eventually drive fans away like the Yankees with there selling the schedual to so many different media outlets that is frustrating fans who love the sport, but are getting priced out due to high priced ticket sales and subscriptions for multiple media outlets. A players strike might just be the final nail in the coffin from fans.

[@teardropsclosedcaskets_nun1747]

Jeff Passan cooked on this show!

[@PHN-2024]

Michael Kay sucking up to Jeff Passan after He Scolded Him on Air for Reporting that the Mistreatment of Juan Soto’s Family was a factor in Juan’s Decision to leave the Yankees.

[@hbn232]

Baseball has become the sport where u need a reverse luxury tax where u tax teams that don't spend

[@darwinwins]

uncle steve might have had a hungover moment where he regrets paying so much for soto

[@nickr3441]

And lindor

[@MrKeychange]

​@@nickr3441Are the Jays and Yankees crying together now?

[@michaeiprice4911]

@@nickr3441no -dodger fan

[@nickr3441]

@@MrKeychange yes and no. The jays are past crying. We're now depressed

[@malkinmalone]

The problem with Soto’s contract is the length. Steve Cohen might be willing to lose money to win right now but if the Mets do not win in the next 3 or 4 years how willing is he going to be to keep losing money every season when they can’t win their division? I know he is rich but he didn’t get rich because he was willing to throw away hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Atlanta and Philadelphia are better than them. 5 years from now is he going to keep offering players 10 year deals with 4 or 5 hundred million?

[@lexluthor8888]

Winning 88 games will likely get a team into the playoffs while the cost to go from 88 wins to 95 wins to 105 wins rises exponential. It appears that many teams, in particular in the AL, are satisfied with winning 88 and getting into the playoffs with a shot at going to the World Series and perhaps winning it. The team owners are shrewd businessmen and building an 88 win team appears to be an astute strategy. The Dodgers are the exception since they are building a brand in Japan which translates to a higher team valuation which more than paybacks the cost of their recent signings.

[@azman73681]

Yankees are in a hole bcos of their own stupidity..signing stupid contracts paying stupid money on DJ, Rizzo, Hicks, JD, Stroman etc

[@23skidoo46]

wtf are you talking about All Japanese players are goin to the Dodgers. such a bullshit narrative. remind me do the Cubs, Mets, Red Sox, Orioles or others have a Japanese player on their team? hmm...make the distinction between ALL and the best Japanese players. Man, Kay just whining and Yanks apologist still. Ive never heard a man whine and cry so much. it's hilarious.

[@susantownsend8397]

It’s hyperbole, obviously not to be taken literally.

[@chrisweidner4768]

MLB doesn’t need a salary cap. They need a floor, and replace the owners that are cheap with whales who actually love the team they own.

[@jamesmurray8166]

Super easy listening to Jeff Passan. I agree with Michael about the Royals... or many smaller market teams, that a timeline of dominance for 7 years or so would be unlikely. Baltimore is working on their crop and they are doing well. Oakland had a string of very competitive years... Heck even the Pirates were a potent team for a -few- years. Tampa Bay does their time like the others and after 3-4 years they sell the goods. If the Tigers wanted to win again... like really dominate... The Illich family would act like the father and go out and buy the right pieces to put the team in the postseason. Talk about the former Padres owner wanting to win before he passed... so did Mike Illich...

[@colec1033]

dodgers are the final nail in the coffin for this sport pretty sad to see.

[@joesal14]

@@colec1033 🤣🤣🤣 cry baby

[@THEKIDWISCONSIN]

They had a lock out and did nothing for the fans as far as TV - I haven't seen the Brewers play on my TV in nearly 10 years now despite paying a boatload for DISH and the Extra Innings Package...if baseball wanted to fix this they would - MLB should never wonder why they can't grow the sport

[@davidkast3587]

I usually can’t stand Passan. He’s a glorified PR guy for the MLB. In this interview, I thought he was great.

[@MrKeychange]

If MLB wants a salary cap, they need to open the books.

[@samuelsandate9804]

Players don't want a salary cap. What books are you talking about?

[@MrKeychange]

@samuelsandate9804 Teams proving they don't have enough money to sign players. That's the main topic of every labor strike.

[@jhberg17]

Hard cap, ceiling and floor… each team can have one star player contract excluded from the cap.. done.. not that fucking hard!

[@PGO_Gaming]

17:30 Michael Kay is actually schooling Jeff Passan. No, Buffalo could not support an MLB team, nor could Green Bay especially in the MLB revenue sharing system. Small market towns cannot support a baseball team. Big market cities can't even do it, (Oakland, Tampa, Miami, Pittsburgh, etc....) Passan needs to stop with the belief that a salary cap wouldn't help the MLB tremendously with SPENDING PARITY.

[@teardropsclosedcaskets_nun1747]

Idk about that..

[@LadyJay114]

@@teardropsclosedcaskets_nun1747 The financial structure of the NFL & MLB are not the same. The NFL makes a ton of money simply because teams play once a week.Also, the NFL teams share about 80% of all revenues equally between the 32 teams. This makes it possible for mid-market cities to have a team (like KC, Green Bay, Jacksonville). The problem with MLB is that teams like Cincinnati & KC are forced to compete with teams in NYC and LA. If you're old enough, smaller market teams in MLB were just as good, or better, than the big market teams. This happened because the TV revenues were equal for every team because all baseball games used to be on broadcast TV. The revenue gaps really started widening once all the games moved to cable TV.

[@teardropsclosedcaskets_nun1747]

@@LadyJay114 Exactly. That’s half the battle in the MLB right now (T.v deal) like Jeff said, a passionate city fan base can thrive anywhere if they win & can have some t.v deal.

[@EM-cz4rd]

There’s no parity in the NFL. Chiefs about to 3-peat after being in 7 straight AFC title games. MLB hasn’t had a repeat champ in 25 years. The top salary team in MLB has won 3 times in 25 years.

[@Migxel007]

MLB owners are cheap, don’t care about the fans… only their pockets

[@davidwilliams8822]

SHAME ON MICHAEL KAY SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAAAAAAAAAME (GAME OF THRONES VOICE)😂

[@Badfinger-m5v]

Two guys who played right field in tee ball pretending they know what they're talking about.

[@MrKeychange]

Wasn't this show going off the air? lol.

[@LadyJay114]

TMKS is now MK only and moved from 3pm to 1pm. LaGreca & Rosenberg took over the 3pm show.

[@pitowil6321]

LET'S GOOOOOO YANKEES

[@HockeySense914]

I agree with Mike. Jeff is living in an alternate universe.

[@frederickhockey2760]

Jeff Passan is a treasure... MLB does NOT need a hard cap. A floor is what's needed and the teams should have to spend the revenue they get from the teams actually trying to win, must be spent on improving their teams and not pocketed by greedy owners...

[@teardropsclosedcaskets_nun1747]

Idk Mike got cooked on this show, Jeff passan tells it like it is !

[@chrisweidner4768]

@@frederickhockey2760Indeed, MLB needs to replace the cheap owners with whales who actually love their teams.

[@manopike]

Baseball clearly needs a salary cap. Clearly.

[@colec1033]

jeff is showing how he won't bite the hand that feeds him he sounds like a clown defending the dodgers like he is

[@Fall1963-vw6ff]

Michael is right, Jeff is wrong.

[@marcjcd]

Yankees Shill Boy Micheal Kay and Yankee Nerd Fan Boy Jeff Passan explaining how the Mets are just "average". I'll pass.

[@PGO_Gaming]

MLB is 30 years behind the NFL and NBA as far as revenue sharing and distribution rights. At least 30 years behind.

[@MrKeychange]

The NBA is almost totally destroyed because of that cap. The NFL is worse than MLB as far as top heavy teams.

[@PGO_Gaming]

@@MrKeychange Nope. The NBA is destroyed because of the product. Emphasis on three-point shooting, and lack of competitive fire. The NBA is a PLAYER ISSUE. The NFL has the most parity regardless of who wins the Super Bowl. The Chiefs do not have the best team, but they have the best player and that player was DRAFTED BY THEM. Players can sign anywhere, and generally, they sign where there is cap room. They cannot all congregate on one team, unlike Major League Baseball. MLB is the only sport where this nonsense can occur.

[@MrKeychange]

@PGO_Gaming So the NBA game isn't impacted by players forcing their way on and off teams to play with their friends? Was it a better product with the rivalries we no longer have?

[@MrKeychange]

@PGO_Gaming Players go to the Dodgers because they're the "it" team, but there's no guarantee of them winning anything. Half the league could do the exact same thing and choose not to. A cap will bring salaries down, but the best players will want to play together.

[@LuisDiaz-lb5mc]

Jeff your a journalist stay in in your lawn

[@eshep71]

They should open the ability for players to gamble on themsleves and each other for one season. I want to see the results. Would we see a 40-122 Dodger team full of billionaires? Miami/0akland WS and a league full of Billionaires? I wonder lol

[@michaell8002]

Yeah, I want a fkn Miami Oakland WS. Think of something cool.

[@Michaelasoulin]

Jeff Passan is completely delusional. Baseball is a dying sport.

[@jimjones2736]

How? Revenue was over $12 Billion last season, record high number, and every team finishes in the black, unlike the nba for example, where only half the teams do. Baseball is growing while other sports are dying. Stop crying and shut up.