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NFT: silent spring/MLB

Hilary : 12/2/2021 6:20 am
I cannot see owners agreeing to change
MLB draft (last place chooses first)
Revenue sharing
Years of service before free agency

I do think that there should be a minimum amount of money that each team must spend so that organizations like the Pirates cannot go on with a whole team playing at or close MLB minimum salary

I hope to see this settled before spring training but who knows
lockout - ( New Window )
I don't know...  
moze1021 : 12/2/2021 6:57 am : link
It might take some time but I think there is more alignment from Owners on some of these things than one would think..

For example, the MLB offer is already OK with a draft lottery for top 3... players want top 8..

This article is really great on outlining where the sides stand on each issue... I just found it googling so maybe there is something better:


Key proposals in Major League Baseball labor negotiations - ( New Window )
I'm not going to lose sleep over a stupid pissing contest between  
Victor in CT : 12/2/2021 7:28 am : link
billionaires and millionaires.

I will say this: if the owners are so worried about keeping salaries down, why did they spend money like drunken sailors for the last 3 days?

The owners proposed a salary floor years ago. The MLBPA under Fehr said no because they thought it would lead to a salary cap.
Both sides will dig their feet  
pjcas18 : 12/2/2021 7:37 am : link
in for a while, but once paychecks start getting missed people's principles will weaken.

Not sure how long that is, I read a quote from Max Scherzer yesterday that apparently the players began creating a fund for this day, back in 2016 and there is an insane amount of money in it.

Not sure how that fund works, but maybe when that runs out you'll see the players start to crack. Not the Scherzers of the world who have made a quarter of a billion dollars, but the young players who don't get paid as well.
Lockouts are always effective  
section125 : 12/2/2021 7:48 am : link
2 months before the season/spring training. No incentive to get it done.
Its Merely Instituted As A Means of Jump Starting Negotiatiions  
LTIsTheGreatest : 12/2/2021 11:02 am : link
Hopefully it at least gets both sides back to the bargaining table as even though its only December 2, time passes quickly and before you know it, it will be Feb 1 and the start of ST would be in jeopardy
There hasn’t been a work stoppage in MLB  
bwitz : 12/2/2021 11:08 am : link
for years. This will get done and everything will start as planned. Bank on it.
I think MLB  
Dankbeerman : 12/2/2021 2:07 pm : link
should lessen the amount of pre FA years but also put a cap on contract length. Let guy be Free in 4 years and only allowed to sign for 6 years at a time. The problem is the old players make too much money and the young players get screwed
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