Minor league players in the Major League Baseball Players’ Association have reached a tentative agreement with the league on its first collective bargaining agreement, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is for five years and includes at least two times the pay at all minor league levels, according to Passan. While the deal is tentatively agreed to, it still needs...
The official World Baseball Classic rosters have been announced, and there will be a heavy New York Mets presence. In total, there will be at least one member of the Mets organization in eight different countries. It would have been nine, but Kodai Senga has opted to sit out this year’s WBC. The Mets participation goes well beyond the nine Major Leaguers they will have at the event,...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports that minor league players officially joined the MLB Players Association on Wednesday after Major League Baseball voluntarily recognized the union as the players’ bargaining representatives. The MLBPA intends to form a separate bargaining unit for the minor leaguers, including its own dues, player representatives and executive board....
Jacob deGrom took another step in his progression Saturday, throwing 20 pitches in an inning of live batting practice to Mets minor leaguers in Port St. Lucie. “You kind of wait and see how he recovers tomorrow,” manager Buck Showalter said. “It’s like the imaging; you start with an X-ray, and then you go to the different ones. Today went really well.” DeGrom is yet...
