As the Major League Baseball Players Association attempts to fix the competition problem in baseball, the league owners are quarreling over an owner using his financial resources to make his team better. According to Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the billionaires that run MLB franchises proposed adding a new surcharge level to the luxury tax. Currently, there are three levels...
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Another deadline came and went early Wednesday morning, as representatives from the owners and players met deep into the night, emerging without a deal. However, the MLBPA is expected to respond to ownership’s latest proposal as early as today. If you chose wisely and went to bed during last night’s bargaining session, here is the latest on the CBA negotiations. UPDATE, 8:30pm EST,...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Another deadline come and gone. It is now Wednesday morning. The new deadline is now Wednesday afternoon for the two sides to reach an agreement before #MLB cancels another week of games. — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 9, 2022 After continuing talks well into the night, the two sides were unable to come to an agreement and once again moved the deadline...
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MLB lockout negotiations have moved from Jupiter, Florida, to Manhattan, the site of the major league offices. It could be another late evening watching Twitter feeds of MLB insiders with the league setting a Tuesday night deadline in order to play 162 games this season. MLB and the MLBPA held an in-person meeting Tuesday morning, then reconvened once more in the afternoon with Dan Halem, Morgan...
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On International Women’s Day let’s take a moment to appreciate the two historic hires in the New York Mets organization, Elizabeth Benn and Gretchen Aucoin. Benn was hired as director of MLB Operations for the Mets in late February. She is the highest-ranked female ops employee in franchise history. Benn previously worked as the Senior Coordinator of Baseball Operations with MLB. She...
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Mets fans, episode 24 is here! This week Mike and I are joined by Long Island native, former St. John’s pitcher, and current Mets minor leaguer Tom Hackimer. Tom had some great discussions with us about the lockout and the current state of baseball, the current state of the minor leagues, and more! I asked Hackimer what his expectations are for himself this season, and he was clear...
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