Max Scherzer says MLB integrity is at the center of collective bargaining bargains

As the MLB lockdown continues into 2022, there has been little indication that the current status quo is set to expire soon. The news this morning, that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association they have yet to schedule their next trading session, it all affirms.

Despite the ongoing transaction freeze and the secretive nature of the CBA talks, players haven’t avoided the headlines entirely. Recently, a trio of MLBPA All-Star members – Zack Britton, Marcus Semien and Lucas Giolito – They talked about the current state of the lockout. Today, another high-profile member of the MLBPA joined the fray to discuss the apparent unrest surrounding the collective bargaining bargaining: Max scherzer:

The perennial Cy Young contender got it right on several familiar points. First, Scherzer reiterated the union’s stated goal of increasing competitive integrity in the game – that is, increasing the incentive for all 30 teams to win games rather than going for the well-documented tank method.

As players, we feel that many teams have entered a season with no intention of winning during this latest collective agreement. While that may be a winning strategy for years to come, we’ve seen both small market and large market clubs embrace the tank, and that may not be the optimal strategy for owners. “

Concerns about time-of-service manipulation are something Scherzer and the union are also looking to address in the next collective bargaining agreement. The right-hander’s name revisits Kris Bryant’s complaint as an example, though it has long been presumed that headquarters are leveraging the current system to maximize player control.

Beyond the belief that certain players are artificially held in the minors, Scherzer also posits that “middle-class free agents” are also being slighted under the current system.

The ability of teams to minimize a player’s initial career earnings and open market earnings doesn’t sit well with Scherzer, who believes this approach stands in direct contrast to what a previous union deal, dubbed “the big deal, “, sought to achieve:

The big bargain is that you make less money early in your career so you can earn more money later in your career. Teams have shown that they are unwilling to pay for past production of players for many reasons. And if that’s the case, that’s the case. But if we’re going to look at players that way, then we need to allocate more money to players early in their careers. “

Scherzer further reiterates that the union is not interested in any system that ties player compensation directly to league revenue, citing that doing so would implement a cap system that is at odds with the free market economy of the sport.

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Of course, players and fans have noted that while a cap system may not currently exist, teams have increasingly behaved as if the luxury tax threshold is acting as such.

Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, the LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even a friendly NBA 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and within days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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