Three months in the past, when MLB and the MLB Gamers Affiliation made their first proposals for baseball’s subsequent collective bargaining settlement, I wrote about how these affords have been designed to be rejected, and that they might proceed to be till January on the earliest. For that motive, I haven’t devoted a lot area in these mailbags to the varied rounds of bargaining which have taken place this summer time. We now have actual baseball video games to cowl.
That stated, I couldn’t assist however snort once I noticed probably the most drastic change in MLB’s newest proposal: Within the supply despatched to the union on Thursday, the league proposed instituting two free agent signing intervals in the course of the offseason, the primary stretching from the primary day of the Winter Conferences till December 21, and the second starting the primary week of February. The primary interval of no free agent signings would enable groups to commerce gamers and re-sign their very own free brokers, whereas the second can be a whole blackout of huge league transactions. So why is that humorous? Nicely, as a result of the league made clear that the gamers wouldn’t be capable to get these free agent signing intervals except they agreed to a wage cap, as if the transaction limitations can be sufficient of a sweetener to get the gamers to provide in. The union doesn’t need free agent signing intervals as a result of they might give possession higher leverage throughout negotiations, probably leading to unfavorable contracts. Bruce Meyer, the interim govt director of the MLBPA, known as the proposal “unserious.” We’ve obtained a protracted technique to go.
If you wish to learn extra concerning the newest proposal, you need to take a look at Michael Baumann’s writeup from Friday. In any other case, let’s get on to this week’s mailbag. We’ll be answering your questions on Julio Rodríguez’s hitting, the best World Sequence ever, and what would occur if residence runs grew to become automated triples. However first, I’d prefer to remind you that this mailbag is unique to FanGraphs Members. When you aren’t but a Member and want to maintain studying, you’ll be able to join a Membership right here. It’s one of the simplest ways to each expertise the location and assist our workers, and it comes with a bunch of different nice advantages. Additionally, in case you’d prefer to ask a query for an upcoming mailbag, ship me an electronic mail at mailbag@fangraphs.com.
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