Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached an agreement on Thursday to sign a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), clearing the way for the 2022 regular season to begin on April 7. The CBA has already been ratified by the owners by a unanimous 30-0 vote. Now both parties must then sign a … Read more
The owners of MLB and the Players Union reached an agreement on one of the most controversial points of the negotiations: the International Draft, a system that would control the signing of young free agents in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Both parties agreed that they will have until July 25 of this year to … Read more
Frederlin Castro | @fr3djcd A lockout means no baseball, which is a huge waste of talent from Bryce Harper’s point of view. Then, if Harper wanted to play baseball somewhere else, for example, Japan’s Nippon Leaguewould it be allowed? The Players Association has stated that it would support any attempt by a player to play … Read more
Frederlin Castro | @fr3djcd MLB announced Tuesday that the first two series of the season would be canceled amid the current lockout. The Tigers were to open the season on March 31 in Seattle against the Mariners, followed by a trip to Oakland against the A’s. The two series, the only trips by the Tigers … Read more
The owners of the Angels, Diamondbacks, Tigers and Reds opposed increasing the Luxury Tax, so MLB proposed including food expenses among CBT expenses. Yesterday it came to light that four owners of MLB they had voted against Rob Manfred’s final proposal for being “too generous” to the players. Today it was learned that it is … Read more
Frederlin Castro to”, @fr3djcd With every passing hour, it seems like the league and union aren’t going to find common ground on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement before Major League Baseball’s chosen deadline of February 28. The league decided that if an agreement is not reached by the last day of the month (Monday), the … Read more
Frederlin Castro | @fr3djcd Spring Training was supposed to kick off earlier this month, but the MLB lockout isn’t over. While the Owners and the Players Union are still in meetings, many Venezuelan fans of the best baseball in the world are wondering what the Creole figures of the MLB are doing. Ronald Acuna Jr. … Read more
A second consecutive day of negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA, for its acronym in English), produced a new proposal from the union, although with few adjustments. The two sides are scheduled to meet again on Wednesday in Jupiter, Florida, to continue negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. The minimum … Read more
Frederlin Castro | @fr3djcd MLB is looking at the possibility of reducing the size of the Domestic Reserve List in the latest job offer to the players union. What is it about Nowadays, the national reserve list that governs the number of minor league players a team can roster at any one time is 180. … Read more
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Saturday promised real progress in the latest round of CBA negotiations. Instead, the meeting brought with it more frustration. Yet on Saturday we are just inches closer to a new CBA deal, while each passing day brings up the unfortunate reality that real, professional baseball is nowhere near happening on … Read more
