Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association met in New York on Thursday. It was their sixth session since the lockout began 77 days ago, and it was the shortest one to date, lasting just 15 minutes. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations are stalled. Spring training has been delayed, and if there is no deal within 10 days, the regular season...
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Thursday’s meeting between Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association lasted just 15 short minutes, and with the clock ticking to start the 2022 season on time, still, no deal has been made. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the MLBPA back off its request for arbitration for all players with 2-plus years of service. Instead, players requested that 80 percent of players with two-plus years...
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Noah Syndergaard is no longer with the New York Mets, but he sent out a pretty simple tweet years ago that still gets referenced quite a bit. And, truth be told, I think about it at least once a year. We are a 2nd half team — Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) July 10, 2016 On the day he tweeted this, the Mets were 47-41 and six games behind the Washington Nationals in the National League...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Enrique Rojas of ESPN reported yesterday that Juan Soto told ESPN that he was offered a 13 year, 350 million dollar extension before the MLB lockout started. Soto said to ESPN: “Right now, me and my agents think the best option is to go year after year and wait until free agency.” Jon Heyman of MLB Network believes that Soto is hoping that his contract will...
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According to Evan Drellich of The Athletic, Major League Baseball and The Major League Baseball Players’ Association will meet Thursday for their fifth negotiating session since the lockout began on December 2. The MLBPA has scheduled a collective bargaining session with MLB for Thursday. The players are set to make a proposal. — Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) February 16, 2022...
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Washington Nationals superstar outfielder Juan Soto turned down a 13-year, $350 million extension offer from the Nationals before the lockout began, according to ESPN Deportes reporter Enrique Rojas. At 23, Soto has finished top 10 in MVP voting the last three seasons and has two silver slugger awards to go with it. He finished second in the MVP race in 2021 to the Phillies Bryce Harper. Soto...
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