Any hope of Major League Baseball's season beginning on time is quickly vanishing.Thursday's bargaining se sion between MLB and the MLB Players A sociation lasted only 15 minutes, ending with league officials describing the meeting as "unproductive." , the MLBPA backed off on its request that all players with at least two years of service qualify for salary
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Mitch Haniger Jersey of service also qualify, known as eligibility. The ask for 80 percenteven down from 100 percentis obviously a significant ask for the union, but it falls in line with its goal of better compensation for players with le s than three years of service. Throughout negotiations, MLB has fervently maintained that any change to arbitration eligibility is a non-starter.In addition, the MLBPA proposed a pre-arbitration bonus pool of $115 million, a 15-percent increase from its previous offer. This would be a new conceptone that both sides have agreed uponin effort to compensate younger players better. However, MLB's latest proposal offered a pool of $15 million, so the sides are drastically far apart on dollars.The union's reason for the additional $15 million to the bonus pool is to account for its proposal having le s players qualify for arbitration. The MLBPA also proposed the pool be distributed to 150 players instead of 30, which was offered previously.Scroll to ContinueAfter the brief bargaining se sion,MLB head negotiator Dan Halem and MLBPA head negotiator Bruce Meyer had a side
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James Paxton Jersey to needing four weeks of spring training, free agents need time to sign contracts with clubs, clubs need time to settle contracts with their arbitration-eligible players, players need to travel to their respective camps and foreign players need to renew their visas. , MLB and the MLBPA plan to meet Friday to discu s non-core economic i sues. The next bargaining se
Brandon Brennan Jersey sion involving core i suesthe ones that truly stand in the way of a new CBAhas yet to be scheduled.Owners voted unanimously to lock out the players when the previous CBA expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 1. At 78 days and counting, this lockout is the second-longest work stoppage in the history of baseball. Only the 1994-95 players strike lasted longera staggering 232 days.More From SI's :
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