2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion Thread

[King]

Lets f***ing go

[glory]

Baseball is back! Thank god!

[Stangstag]

Its a yes???

 

I want to hear it from Dave Clark before I get excited

[Spanky99]

We're Back Baby!!!

[bowld]

How soon until free agent signings and trades start happening?

[jerb]

 

Evan Drellich

@EvanDrellich

 

BREAKING: Players have accepted the owners proposal, and the start of spring training is imminent, sources tell @TheAthletic. Major League Baseball is back.

 

Evan Drellich

@EvanDrellich

 

The players’ board vote to accept a deal was 26-12, sources tell me and @Ken_Rosenthal.

[King]

Holy f*** this is the best day ever

[Spanky99]

jerb, you're too fast, lol.

[Olerud363]

Yup. And they are still fighting for pay for 2020 for games that didn't happen during a pandemic where no fans were able to come.

 

That's why there won't be a 2022. Past the point they can play 162... so back-pay is an issue and they still want back pay from 2020 so they won't sign on for anything in 2022 without back pay for games that didn't happen.

 

lol. If the rumor of a deal is true, happy to be wrong.

[Captain Adama]

I might cry

[jerb]

 

Jeff Passan

@JeffPassan

 

Players can report to spring-training camps as early as tomorrow. Opening Day is expected to be April 7, as @JesseRogersESPN first reported. Transactions unfreeze upon ratification, which is expected to come as early as today, meaning free agents can sign and trades can occur.

[Stangstag]

Lol seriously f*** the executive board of 300+ million dollar guys trying to vote no on this deal.

[Spanky99]

How soon until free agent signings and trades start happening?

 

Now, players report tomorrow! Yippee!

[glory]

These next 1-2 weeks are going to be insane when it comes to signings and trades. So happy.

[King]

 

Lfg

[Stangstag]

2 extra teams in the playoffs will be fun.

 

This is the year for the young bluebirds lets gooo

[thatoneguy]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

cf

[jerb]

MLBPA executive board:

 

Max Scherzer

Francisco Lindor

Marcus Semien

Andrew Miller

Gerrit Cole

Zach Britton

Jason Castro

James Paxton

 

These men destroyed the 2022 baseball season

 

Max Scherzer (Boras Corporation)

Francisco Lindor (SportsMeter)

Marcus Semien (Boras Corporation)

Andrew Miller (Frontline)

Gerrit Cole (Boras Corporation)

Zach Britton (Boras Corporation)

Jason Castro (ISE Baseball)

James Paxton (Boras Corporation)

 

Five of the eight are Boras clients.

[connorp]

2 extra teams in the playoffs will be fun.

 

This is the year for the young bluebirds lets gooo

 

I lost track. So they settled on 12?

[Stangstag]

Max Scherzer (Boras Corporation)

Francisco Lindor (SportsMeter)

Marcus Semien (Boras Corporation)

Andrew Miller (Frontline)

Gerrit Cole (Boras Corporation)

Zach Britton (Boras Corporation)

Jason Castro (ISE Baseball)

James Paxton (Boras Corporation)

 

Five of the eight are Boras clients.

 

Yeah gross. They tried their best to f*** this up. Glad the rest of the union told them to get f***ed

[Stangstag]

I lost track. So they settled on 12?

 

I think its 12 yeah. I’ll definitely have to read up on all the changes that went through with this haha

[jerb]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Union executive board vote was 8-0 against the MLB proposal but teams voted 26-4 in favor of it, carrying the day, Unusual that the general player population goes so far against player leadership.

[Sammy225]

The teams that voted against were mets, Yanks, Stros and Cards

[Jays24]

Woooooo I'm back baby. Thanks for holding down the fort.

 

Next few weeks will be so excited with all the free agent moves/trades.

[Stangstag]

The teams that voted against were mets, Yanks, Stros and Cards

 

In addition to the executives that voted no?

[Sammy225]

Just a question to see if anyone knows more then me (Which is not tough) but if the executive is all against it how does it get to a team vote? Do they have thresholds that they have to meet to put it to a team vote?

[Stangstag]

So thats

 

3 NO votes from the Yanks

3 NO votes from the Mets

2 NO votes from the Astros

2 NO votes from the Cardinals

 

And the other 2 NO votes were Semien and Paxton

 

The usual suspects of course

[John_Havok]

I'm now hijacking this thread to provide updates on the University of Lethbridge administration's negotiation with the Faculty Association, since the faculty went on strike on February 11th, having gone without a contract for nearly 600 days. They're still on strike, though now both sides have agreed to mediation, that will start some time next week. My classes are being f***ed over hard, as even if an agreement is reached, the University hasn't yet informed students what options we will have, whether the semester will just be stretched out into May, or if it will be condensed.

 

It greatly impacts me as I will not be in the country in May, so if they decide to stretch out the semester into May, I wont be here to finish. If I don't get the choice to withdraw and get my money back to apply for these classes at a later date, I'm boned.

 

Not to mention all the student's whose leases run out in April and have no place to live past then.

 

The following links will be to each sides propoganda releases:

 

https://www.ulethbridge.ca/bargaining#:~:text=The%20Board%20negotiating%20team%20is,2.5%20per%20cent%20each%20year.

 

https://www.ulfa.ca/taking-action/bargaining-updates/

[BCZ]

The fat lady is f***ing wailing!

[jerb]

 

Alden González

@Alden_Gonzalez

In the new CBA ...

 

* 12-team playoffs

* Universal DH

* option limits

* draft lottery

* 45-day notice for rule changes

* full year of service time for top rookies

* international draft (potentially)

* no more qualifying offers (potentially)

* jersey/helmet advertising

 

Alden González

@Alden_Gonzalez

 

* minimums from $700K to $780K

* luxury-tax thresholds from $230M to $244M

* $50M bonus pool

 

March 13 reporting date, April 7 Opening Day, free agency in like a few hours.

 

Alden González

@Alden_Gonzalez

 

News story here from @JeffPassan ...

https://t.co/JCEW72iGvt