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President Trump said Friday that Major League Baseball should have added a salary cap "a long time ago."
"Don't they sort of have one?"
The president has picked a side in baseball's labor talks: the owners'.
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Well, I guess that one's put to bed nytimes.com/athletic/7037067…
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Why the threat of a work stoppage in 2027 shouldn’t impact this year’s MLB trade deadline. Column unlocked and free to read: nytimes.com/athletic/7334759…
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Juan Soto is an extreme example. But the wrinkle of a team like the Mets fitting a large contract under a hard cap raises a complicated issue. nytimes.com/athletic/7331035…
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MLB is positioning a salary cap as a way to end local TV blackouts. What's the catch? A few things.
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Rob Manfred said in October 2024 that MLB had a "darn good" record on competitive balance. Back in 2018, he said the correlation between winning and spending was "extraordinarily weak."
Now, he says MLB's luxury-tax system has failed:
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Rob Manfred on the San Diego Padres' ownership change, which requires approval of other MLB owners: "Things are moving along with that sale, not ready for a vote today. It'll probably be at some point this summer."
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"Do you worry that 1994-95 repeats itself?"
Rob Manfred just now: "Of course I do. Of course I do. Look, we want to make an agreement. We made a proposal on one set of topics at the outset of negotiations, I went and said myself, we're open to whatever ideas people have..."
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"...but we need a realistic framework that addresses the fans' concerns about competitive balance, and you just can't ignore that financial penalties have not gotten it done for us." — Rob Manfred cont'd
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What catches my eye: An owner choosing to actually weigh in on a labor matter rather than deferring to the commissioner's office, which is basically all that happens today
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One of the finer points of the MLBPA's proposal last week: the union asked MLB to publicly release some financial information, including how much each team gets in local revenue sharing.
On "opening the books," in this @chadjennings22 mailbag:
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MLBPA head Bruce Meyer says MLB's salary-cap proposal would mean "almost complete eradication" of amateur signing bonuses:
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Statement from Glen Caplin, Major League Baseball spokesperson, after Bruce Meyer of the MLBPA said the league's proposal would reduce how much money the players make:
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Bruce Meyer, interim head of MLBPA, says MLB's salary-cap proposal would result in less money overall going to players:
"Player share, under their proposal, would go down. ... Had MLB’s proposal been in place in 2026, players would, we estimate, lose over half a billion dollars"
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Bruce Meyer speaking to reporters today: "Our union has never been broken. It never will be. You can take away a different lesson from our history, but that would be a big mistake."
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MLB didn't dangle the juicy carrot in their proposal, says @EvanDrellich.
"The first time we get a proposal on the reserve system, the minimum salary, how much time until free agency and arbitration, that's when things are really gonna pick up."
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Anyone who's read Steph's work knows how good she is. The fact that she's also a dream coworker and wonderful person makes it impossible to get annoyed by how talented she is. What a horrible loss for SI.
Eight days shy of my 15th anniversary at Sports Illustrated, I’ve been informed that I’ve joined the extensive ranks of writers laid off from there. I loved my time at SI, I’m very sad to see it end and I’m eager to do the best work of my career elsewhere. Thank you for reading.
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MLB, MLBPA issue dueling labor proposals, but the end result likely won’t look like either one. Column unlocked and free to read. nytimes.com/athletic/7316992…
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Scott Boras statement on MLB's salary-cap proposal:
“The MLBPA has made sure players are fully aware cap proposals are consistently blind to the billions player talent adds to franchise appreciation..."
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