Collective Bargaining Agreement

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[G-Fafif]

Mets.com has creepily removed all current news stories highlighting now locked out players and replaced them with evergreen content. MLB.com has done similar scrubbing.

[G-Fafif]

You may notice that the content on this site looks a little different than usual. The reason for this is because the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players and the league expired just before midnight on Dec. 1 and a new CBA is currently being negotiated between the owners and the MLBPA. Until a new agreement is reached, there will be limitations on the type of content we display. As a result, you will see a lot more content that focuses on the game's rich history. Once a new agreement is reached, the up-to-the minute news and analysis you have come to expect will continue as usual.

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[Lefty Specialist]

That's very Pravda-ish of them. I thought their reporting side was independent from the business side but this proves that's not the case.

[bmfc1]

So less than 24 hours after the magnificent FA signings the Mets are not allowed to talk about it. What a bunch of dopes.

[Lefty Specialist]

MLB Network operating normally, talking about the lockout and its effects.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Lefty Specialist wrote: That's very Pravda-ish of them. I thought their reporting side was independent from the business side but this proves that's not the case.

Might not be MLB's call.

Mark Feinsand @Feinsand According to the league, in order to comply with federal labor law during the lockout, MLB is making every effort to not use players' names, images or likenesses for promotional, advertising or other commercial purposes.

[stevejrogers]

Lefty Specialist wrote: That's very Pravda-ish of them. I thought their reporting side was independent from the business side but this proves that's not the case. Might not be MLB's call. Mark Feinsand @Feinsand According to the league, in order to comply with federal labor law during the lockout, MLB is making every effort to not use players' names, images or likenesses for promotional, advertising or other commercial purposes.

IOW, they can do a piece on multiple multiple-time Cy winners on the same roster in anticipation of Scherzer-DeGrom, but it can't include this year's pennant drive with Scherzer joining Kershaw. Or continue Detroit's bemoaning of Verlander and Scherzer on the same staff.

[bmfc1]

MLB players are changing their Twitter avatar to a generic silhouette of a baseball player.

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[duan]

Edgy MD wrote: Also a wonderful way to incentivize teams to try to stay competitive and out of last place — promotion and relegation.

this

[Centerfield]

You know, if they wanted to make revenue sharing fair, it would be based upon the size of the market, rather than actual revenue. For instance, if a NY team has to share with KC, I can see the logic in that.



But a team shouldn't have to share money with a team in a similar market. So for instance, San Diego shouldn't have to send money to Pittsburgh simply because the Pirates put out a shitty product.

[Frayed Knot]

Trading off players in their final year of a contract at the trade deadline of a lousy season isn't remotely the same as 'tanking' for draft picks.

Those teams aren't in some sort of 'race to the bottom', they're re-positioning their roster with future years in mind and they have their eyes

on the players they get in return as the surest and most immediate pieces for a winning club, players who are a lot more advanced and much

more likely to succeed than some current schoolboy. Any improvement in draft position is almost certain to be marginal and will be multiple

years from paying off if and when it actually does.



The Cubs this season, for instance, were four games under .500 when they traded Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, and whoeverelsetheydealt at the

deadline. They wound up 20 games under and looks like they'll get the 7th overall pick as opposed to being on track for somewhere in

the 11th-14th range (assuming they stayed the course AND maintained their April-July pace ... another big IF). Jumping from 12th

overall to 7th is not exactly a sure-fire 'Get Rich Quick' scheme for improving your ball club.





If MLB wants to Lottery-ize the draft I'm not going to cry about it, but realize that it's essentially a gimmick that sort of* works in the NBA

because draft picks there are capable of, and expected to, provide immediate help. It doesn't always work but finding that one true stud is

generally seen as the only way to improve enough to contend in that league so it makes things worth the gamble.





* 'Sort of' in that while being worst doesn't guarantee the 1st overall, every year there are cries about why some 25 win team gets a better pick than some squad who won half that;

every year teams get top picks and whiff on them; and then there are more than occasional cries of 'Fix!' They've also tweaked the formula multiple times over the years and there are

still complaints about them not getting it right.

And, btw, teams still tank, so it hasn't exactly been a cure for the targeted the disease.

[Edgy MD]

End the NBA draft, too!

[Frayed Knot]

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MLB players are changing their Twitter avatar to a generic silhouette of a baseball player.

[Centerfield]

This lockout is even more boring than I anticipated. Discouraging that we haven't heard a peep from either side.

[kcmets]

MLB Network is airing a Cardinals at Mets game today at 6PM. Set your DVR's 'cause

it's a biggie! http://leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=8094&tabno=Dhttp://leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=8094&tabno=D

[kcmets]

The IGT - http://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/archives/17900/f14_t17982.shtmlhttp://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/archives/17900/f14_t17982.shtml



Tabloid Cover Discussion - http://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/archives/17900/f1_t17987.shtmlhttp://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/archives/17900/f1_t17987.shtml

[Edgy MD]

=metsirish]Give him a big fecking cheer and standing O , then boo if you want....Christ.

[Willets Point]

My son still talks about how I cried at the end of that game.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I just saw an article that said that negotiations occurred last Thursday (December 16) regarding some of the easier-to-resolve fringe issues. The plan is to start talking about the difficult stuff (arbitration, free agency, luxury tax, etc.) in January.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The plan is to start talking about the difficult stuff (arbitration, free agency, luxury tax, etc.) in January.

Well, you don't want to rush things.

[Ceetar]

timing is part of the negotiation. As we get closer to Spring Training, the players position gets stronger because they gain the ability to threaten to strike.

[nymr83]

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timing is part of the negotiation. As we get closer to Spring Training, the players position gets stronger because they gain the ability to threaten to strike.

[Fman99]

Forgive me if this is a rehash of an existing thread but I am a lazy, lazy man and not willing to go searching it out.



I'd like to go on record as saying that January is a month starved enough for meaningful baseball updates, even in the best of times. This lockout is making my brain hurt though. I just want baseball updates. And I want to see guys playing catch in the sunshine come mid February.



So fuck labor disputes, F em in the A with a big rubber D

[bmfc1]

We should be nearing the days when we see a player "check-in early". Buck would likely be there now to acclimate himself.

[ashie62]

I am distracted enough by football and hoops not stress on the lockout.

[kcmets]

We should be nearing the days when we see a player "check-in early". Buck would likely be there now to acclimate himself.

Right and https://www.springtrainingcountdown.com/https://www.springtrainingcountdown.com/

[Willets Point]

We might even be getting photos of someone vacuuming in Port St. Lucie to get excited about.

[Edgy MD]

Is any outlet doing a particularly good job of covering negotiations?

[MFS62]

No outlets have been covering negotiations because there haven't been any recently.



They're scheduled to meet in person (the last one as a ZOOM call) today.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mlbpa-to-meet-in-person-to-talk-cba?partnerId=zh-20220124-533105-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20220124-533105-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=qFRcfH7sYDypHe8PoH%2FlNMwcQqqvHwx26Z1QPFd6B5sp8h1MLBYvFdGrCWCCHIKi&bt_ts=1643033532026https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mlbpa-to-meet-in-person-to-talk-cba?partnerId=zh-20220124-533105-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20220124-533105-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=qFRcfH7sYDypHe8PoH%2FlNMwcQqqvHwx26Z1QPFd6B5sp8h1MLBYvFdGrCWCCHIKi&bt_ts=1643033532026



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