The Next CBA (2027 and beyond)

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Passan says Clark's resignation was for having an affair with his sister-in-law whom the MLBPA hired in 2023.

ewww

[Count Walewski]

Tough break for the owners.

[imref]

Chris Basset (MLBPA subcommittee member)

“The salary cap doesn’t fix anything. If you look at every major sport with a salary cap, we have the best parity. The salary cap is not the issue. Having suppressed salaries across the league so owners make more money is not the answer.

"If I would tell you in 25 years, the Dodgers would be going to 10 World Series and winning seven of them, is that an issue? Because that’s the Patriots. The Chiefs have been to what, six or seven? The Philadelphia Eagles have been to four or five. The parity in our sport is better than any other sport.

"We will make changes to try to help the so-called bottom teams out, but a salary cap and suppressing salaries and taking from players to try to help the so-called bottom teams spend more? That’s not the answer. Because if you’re trying to make a competitive league across the board, we have proof that every single league [has] less parity than ours. So how can you sit there and say a salary cap is going to fix this when every single salary cap sport has less parity than ours? It makes no sense.

"Again, the root of the answer is not the salary cap, and the root of why owners want a salary cap is not for competitive balance.”

[Natsinpwc]

Chris Basset (MLBPA subcommittee member)

[nobleisthyname]

The real reason there hasn't been a Patriots equivalent in MLB is because MLB playoffs are much more of a crapshoot than those other leagues (sorry Slate and Natsinpwc).

[nfotiu]

One aspect that doesn't get talked about enough is that not only do the Dodgers now get way more in tv revenue than anyone else, but most of it isn't subject to revenue sharing.   https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dodgers-tv-deal-includes-key-230000247.html

While all the other teams are losing their RSNs or seeing revenue fall on team owned RSNs, the dodgers seem to have an iron clad contract with Spectrum to continue to pay the Dodgers over 300 million on revenue that is likely less than a third of that.    They have a ridiculous advantage over everyone until 2039.   

If the Dodgers are contractually exempt from sharing that revenue for the next 13 years, a salary cap just means they make a massive profit.  It makes it tough to implement a cap, because that Dodgers money they aren't paying the players anymore, can't go into the revenue sharing pot, and the players won't go for that.

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Heyman says the owners will propose a cap of around $260-$280 million with a floor of $140-$160 million.

[nobleisthyname]

On the surface that's a lot higher than I was expecting them to offer for a floor.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

On the surface that's a lot higher than I was expecting them to offer for a floor.

would force the Lerners to step up.

[HalfSmokes]

Heyman says the owners will propose a cap of around $260-$280 million with a floor of $140-$160 million.

No other sport has that much daylight between cap and floor. I would think the floor would have to come way up for the players to bite

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

The Marlins and Rays wouldn't be able to see that floor with a hubble telescope

[Slateman]

On the surface that's a lot higher than I was expecting them to offer for a floor.

Lol, thats not even 65% of the cap. That's laughable.

[nobleisthyname]

Lol, thats not even 65% of the cap. That's laughable.

I don't follow other sports so I have don't have any frame of reference for what is reasonable or not. Barely half the league met that threshold last season so from that perspective it seemed pretty high for an initial offer. If it is still laughable then I guess it just goes to show how much of a joke the bottom spenders in the league have been.

[HalfSmokes]

I don't follow other sports so I have don't have any frame of reference for what is reasonable or not. Barely half the league met that threshold last season so from that perspective it seemed pretty high for an initial offer. If it is still laughable then I guess it just goes to show how much of a joke the bottom spenders in the league have been.

NFL and NBA both have a floor set to 90% of the cap. 65% is a joke and the players should treat it like one. If the broke teams can afford that, it’s an ownership problem, not a labor problem

[Natsinpwc]

NBA cap is 154 million and floor is 139 million.  It’s a soft cap though and lots of teams over it. What they call first apron is 195 million.

[Natsinpwc]

NHL is 95 million and floor is 70 million. 

Not sure of NFL. Do they have a floor? 

[HalfSmokes]

NBA cap is 154 million and floor is 139 million.  It’s a soft cap though and lots of teams over it. What they call first apron is 195 million.

Almost every team is well above the soft cap

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/cap

[nobleisthyname]

NFL and NBA both have a floor set to 90% of the cap. 65% is a joke and the players should treat it like one. If the broke teams can afford that, it’s an ownership problem, not a labor problem

No disagreement here.

[Natsinpwc]

For the record NHL floor is like 75 percent of ceiling.  It’s a hard cap though.  Don’t think we will see that in MLB.

[varoadking]

For the record NHL floor is like 75 percent of ceiling.  It’s a hard cap though.  Don’t think we will see that in MLB.

There is some nuance in the NHL...exceed the cap and your cap the following year decreases proportionately...

[HalfSmokes]

For the record NHL floor is like 75 percent of ceiling.  It’s a hard cap though.  Don’t think we will see that in MLB.

That took a huge labor fight that was worth it for a struggling league. MLB is doing great and is about to shop their tv rights- they’d be insane to pick that fight now and sink any goodwill they’ve accumulated

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i kind of feel like tonight was the peak of baseball for 2026. We now go into non-stop discussions about a lockout (along with another Dodgers WS win).

[Slateman]

Should have held the WBC in 2027, that way everyone could participate during the lockout

[JCA-CrystalCity]

i kind of feel like tonight was the peak of baseball for 2026. We now go into non-stop discussions about a lockout (along with another Dodgers WS win).

they would be so dumb to go to a lockout with so much momentum for the game.

[imref]

Will there be a lockout if there's no MLBPA?

Passan:

The Major League Baseball Players Association fired chief operating officer Xavier James and its head of human resources, Michael O'Neill, with cause today, sources tell me and @DVNJr. The firings came after an internal investigation spurred by the DOJ looking into the MLBPA.

Passan adds:

Longtime major leaguer Chris Capuano will take over as chief operating officer at the MLBPA after the firing of Xavier James, a source tells ESPN. Ian Penny, a senior adviser to executive director Bruce Meyer, will handle HR duties following the firing of Michael O’Neill.