The Major League Baseball Players Association announced the finalists for their annual Players’ Choice Awards on Tuesday. Francisco Lindor and Kodai Senga were the two Mets chosen as finalists in their respective categories. Lindor is a finalist for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year award—the same award he won last year. The award is named after Marvin Miller, the MLBPA executive director...
Happy Opening Day, Mets fans! Jeff Passan of ESPN reports is in place between the minor league players in the MLBPA and Major League Baseball on the historic first collective bargaining agreement for minor leaguers. The deal is five years long and includes at least double the current pay at all levels of the minors. The pay increases are as follows: complex league from $4,800 per year to...
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 next round of collective bargaining agreement negotiations between Major Leaguer Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association will need to produce an agreement before the 2027 season to prevent an interruption of play. While that seems like the distant future, especially with the Mets set to embark on what should be an exciting season, the storm clouds are...
Recently, according to Evan Drellich of the Athletic, MLBPA’s president, Tony Clark, spoke on a topic that relates closely with New York Mets. At a recently opened satellite office, Clark restated the MLBPA’s stance on a potential salary cap. He said, “We don’t have a cap, we’re not going to agree to a cap.” His rationale was, “A salary cap is the...
The Major League Baseball Players Association has announced Francisco Lindor as a finalist for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year award. The Marvin Miller award was created in 1997 as a players’ choice award and recognizes the outstanding on and off-field performances of players. The award is named after Marvin Miller, who was the MLBPA executive director from 1966 to 1982. Miller...
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....
Good morning, Mets fans! Joon Lee of ESPN reports that minor leaguers have been sent a card to vote on their union representation. If agreed upon, the MLBPA would be the minor league representative in collective bargaining negotiations. Latest Mets News The Mets’ offense was flat against Germán Marquez and could only muster three singles in a 1-0 loss in their series finale against the...
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,...
According to Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post, the MLBPA submitted a formal proposal to MLB owners today in Manhattan during Sunday’s midday meeting, which lasted about an hour and a half. It’s the two sides’ first meeting since MLB canceled regular-season games on Tuesday after the two sides had not come to a deal on the collective bargaining agreement. MLBPA Proposal...
When the Major League Baseball Players Association was asked how long they’re prepared to sit out, executive committee member Andrew Miller promptly replied. “We’re prepared,” Miller said. At the conclusion of 10 days of intense back and forth, the players union and Major League Baseball failed to make a deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement thus forcing the...
Mets shortstop and MLBPA executive subcommittee member Francisco Lindor says players are willing to miss games in order to come to a fair collective bargaining agreement with MLB. “At the end of the day, we just want a good deal,” Lindor told SNY. “If that’s what it comes down to. We don’t want to do it. We want to play the full season. But if that’s what it...
