Owners will demand a cap, players will resist with all the MLB Players Association's might. "Everyone's saying 'It's all the Dodgers fault there's gonna be a work stoppage and a salary cap," Pierzynski said. If that happens, it was always gonna happen, and it wasn't gonna happen only because of us." Max Muncy says the Dodgers aren't adding any more fuel to a potential work stoppage. Muncy was right, though — this was always probably going to happen.