Experts split about whether Brewers’ sweep of Dodgers will impact MLB labor talks

Los Angeles – Experts are divided over whether the Los Angeles Dodgers’ sweep by the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series will affect Major League Baseball’s labor talks, where owners are pushing for a salary cap that players oppose. The big-spending Dodgers were thoroughly outplayed by the relentless Brewers, who rank 19th in payroll out of the league’s 30 clubs. Milwaukee will return to the World Series for the first time in 44 years after vanquishing the two-time defending champion.

Tony Torain, a partner at McDermott Will & Schulte who specializes in labor and employment law, said the result weakens the owners’ case that there isn’t enough parity in the sport.