Tag Archives: MLBPA

Major League Baseball is officially back. There were questions as to whether there would be a MLB season after games were canceled and owners and players could not come to agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. Now, both parties have a new agreement in place and the free agency …

For the second time in three years, the MLB season will not start on time. On Monday, the MLBPA and MLB failed to reach a new collective-bargaining agreement. Following the failed talks, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced the cancelation of the first two series of the season. MLB’s final CBA …

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) extend their deadline to come to a collective bargaining agreement until 5 p.m. Tuesday. The players and staff spent eight-straight days in meetings, concluding in a session from 10 a.m. Monday until 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Now, the MLB and …

What’s The Issue? With the MLB season set to start on March 31 the urgency for both the MLBPA and the owners to come to a deal for the collective bargaining agreement has reached an all-time high. This week both the MLBPA and owners met and talked with each other …

The MLB has postponed Spring Training through March 5. Evidently, this news comes since it has failed to reach a deal with the MLBPA. Official training should have begun Feb. 15 with games  set to begin on Saturday. The regular season is scheduled to begin on March 31. If the …

The MLBPA is “unimpressed” by Saturday’s meeting with MLB executives on collective bargaining talks. Both sides met for sit down No. 5 in the midst of a pending lockout. With conversations at a stalwart, the main goal is to move the process forward towards a labor deal. Conversely, it looks …

As of Wednesday at midnight, there will be no more baseball activities for the foreseeable future. The owners and MLB Players Association did not work out a new collective bargaining agreement, resulting in the first MLB work stoppage since 1994-95.  Major League Baseball has officially implemented a lockout, sources tell …

Max Scherzer just signed with the Mets as the highest-paid player in baseball. The new agreement has Scherzer making an annual salary of $43.3 million through 2024. Steven A. Cohen Owner of the Mets, Steven A. Cohen, said Scherzer is one of the best pitchers of the generation. His stats …

The 2021 World Series could be the last time MLB fans see baseball for a while. With the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) set to expire in Winter 2021, there are unknowns clouding the 2022 offseason. Essentially, a CBA is a written contract between an employer and a union representing the …

On Monday evening, the MLBPA rejected MLB’s 60-game proposal to start the season. All negotiating is over. Manfred and the owners agreed to impose a season shortly after. The vote to reject the owner’s proposal wan an overwhelming “no.” The vote? 33 to 5. One of the bigger factors in …