The MLBPA (Players Association) has rejected the MLB’s offer for an international draft in the next few years. It should be noted that the MLBPA is not going to close an agreement until it feels that the “sales” or signing of “moorings” of children from 12 to 15 years of age ends, especially in the … Read more
Autorunners will continue to hit the lanes during extra innings for the third season in a row. Despite the relaxation of restrictions imposed by the pandemic, Major League Baseball and the players’ union reached a tentative agreement to keep this controversial rule standing, according to which each team that goes to bat starts with a … Read more
Beyond the stressful and long process of negotiations that threatened to break a peace that has lasted almost three decades in American professional baseball, the players are happy about the achievements made in the new Collective Labor Agreement (CBA) that they sealed with the office of the Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner. “As has been … Read more
Journalist Tim Healey of Newsday Sports reported this day that Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Players Union would have agreed have regular season games in other countries. According to the report, the Big leagues would make a international tour in the next five years in nations like Mexico and others from different latitudes of … Read more
The MLB made an offer to the MLBPA where they increased many things that they request, including minimum wages and luxury taxes. Luxury tax thresholds: 230, 232, 236, 240, 242 Pre-arb pool: 40m, flat over time Pool counts against CBT (1.33m per team) Minimum salary: 700, 715, 730, 750, 770 MLB wants to add a … Read more
MLB offered to increase the base luxury tax threshold to $228 million next seasonand that number will rise to $238 million over the course of the CBA, details famed journalist Evan Drellich, Senior Writer for The Athletic That’s a pretty notable jump from previous MLB offers to start that mark at $220 million and increase … 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
JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball canceled Opening Day of the 2022 season, and Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that the sport will miss regular-season games due to a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after festering lockout negotiations collapsed hours before the deadline imposed by the owners. Manfred said he will … Read more
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) failed to close a new labor agreement on Monday, but after a marathon day of negotiations that lasted until early Tuesday morning, there is optimism that both parties could be close to a deal that would allow the regular season to start on time. Although MLB … Read more
