‘No substantive progress’ between league, MLBPA in business talks today

7:33 pm: MLBTR has learned more details regarding the union’s proposal for a draft lottery, which will go into effect in 2023. All teams that do not play a playoff will be included in the lottery. The first-choice relegation odds will be weighted in reverse order to the previous season’s standings as follows (assuming a 12-team playoff, as suggested by the MLBPA thus far):

• First team: 15% (team with worst record in baseball)
• Team 2: 15% (team with second-worst record in baseball)
• Team 3: 15%
• Fourth team: 12.5%
• Fifth team: 10%
• Sixth team: 8%
• Seventh team: 6.5%
• Eighth team: 5%
• Team 9: 3.25%
• Team 10: 2.25%
• Team 11: 1.5%
• Team 12: 1.25%
• Team 13: 1.12%
• Team 14: 1%
• Team 15: 0.88%
• Team 16: 0.75%
• Team 17: 0.625%
• Team 18: 0.375%

The MLBPA also suggests adjustments to competitiveness. Revenue-sharing payers who ranked eighth in percentage wins in each of the previous two seasons or in the lowest 12 in each of the previous three seasons would not be selected before the 10th. In addition, any team that does not receive a winning share ending in the lowest 12 teams in each of the previous four or more seasons will have its selection carried over to No. 18.

Also, starting in the 2024 draft, it will not select any revenue-sharing recipient who finishes in the lowest eight in each of the previous three seasons before the tenth. Any such team in the bottom eight in each of the previous four seasons or more will have their selection moved to No. 18.

The federation also slightly tweaked its efforts to award extra service time to juniors based on performance, as first reported by Drelish (Via Twitter). Under the MLBPA’s proposal, the hackers/catchers/DH who end up at the top five In their position in their leagues in the WAR they will receive a full year of service, while the defending players, novice shooters and mitigators who finish first in the league. fifteen In WAR as well. This is a slight decrease from the previous Federation’s request, which would have given a full year of service to the first-ranked Hackers/Hunters/DH Seven And the defensive players / pitchers who took first place twenty.

The Federation is still chasing a full year of service for the top five contestants in this year’s rookie poll, placement in MLB and a top three spot in the Reliever of the Year vote. MLB has so far opposed the idea of ​​players “earning” service time, instead offering teams additional draft options to promote high-performing players early in the season.

4:28 pm: Owners and players held their meetings for the fourth day in a row as the two sides continue to try to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, but again, “no substantive progress was made” from the session, according to Athletic’s Ivan Drilech (Twitter links). Representatives from the league and the MLB Players Association are scheduled to meet again tomorrow.

As explained by Drelish and Chelsea Janes in the Washington PostThe union made two minor concessions based on previous proposals. While the MLBPA has sought to grant an additional year of service time to 29 players considered victims of service time fraud over the past five years, the association has reduced that number to 20 players today.

Another new wrinkle relates to the draft lottery concept to determine the first several selections for the amateur draft. The league introduced a lottery covering the first four selections while the league wanted the lottery to cover the first seven selections, and today’s MLBPA proposal retained the seven-choice concept. However, the federation changed its proposal to abolish the penalty for teams that lost consecutive seasons. He. She “League concern was that [the] The system will punish the teams that were yust bad and no lockersJane writes.

CBA topics of the bigger picture (such as luxury tax thresholds, salary minimum increases, salary arbitration eligibility, etc.) As these talks became a regular feature, both sides left the negotiating session frustrated. according to Michael Silverman from The Boston Globe“sLayers [are] Annoyed by how far the parties are,” and “MLB negotiators told the union they have run out of ideas and that the owners are upset with the players.”

February 28 is still Major League Baseball Announced deadline To get to a new CBA, otherwise the league said it would start canceling matches from the regular season schedule. As Janes notes, “The Federation does not fully agree with that [February 28] As a deadline, “It therefore remains to be seen whether any urgency will finally be brought up by either side in tomorrow’s session, or in any talks that might be slated for the weekend or Monday. Given the huge differences of opinion that remain Listed between the league and the MLBPA, it’s hard to believe an all-new collective bargaining agreement could be settled by Monday, let alone a full deal.