As the MLB world continues to debate a potential future salary cap and how it could impact teams in big and small markets alike, one question has remained remarkably consistent: Will small-market teams actually pay up for their players if their more financially successful counterparts are capped out of free agency?

While the conditions of a new salary cap-impacted version of MLB remain to be seen, according to Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic, the potential of a new paradigm could force smaller market teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Miami Marlins to pay up now in order to prove they are deserving of a larger portion of a future revenue share .

“There is a possibility of a fight among clubs over revenue sharing, with the smaller markets seeing a greater

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