{"id":2250,"date":"2016-11-30T22:50:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T03:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2016-12-01T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:07:35","slug":"mlb-new-collective-bargaining-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2016\/11\/30\/mlb-new-collective-bargaining-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB, Union Reach New Collective Bargaining Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Major League Baseball<\/b> will see 26 consecutive years without a lockout. Despite concerns leading up to the December 1 deadline that a deal would not be reached and the league would face a lockout, MLB and the players union reached\u00a0a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement Wednesday evening. Fewer than four hours remained before the current agreement was set to expire.<\/p>\n<p>Though the owners and players still need to ratify the agreement, that outcome is virtually guaranteed.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ken_rosenthal\/status\/804139376624234496\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ken Rosenthal<\/strong><\/a> of\u00a0<strong>FOX Sports<\/strong> was the first to report that a deal was done, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffpassan\/status\/804139911129481227\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jeff Passan<\/strong><\/a> of\u00a0<strong>YAHOO!\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sports<\/strong> said that it was for five years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLB<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB_PLAYERS\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLB_PLAYERS<\/a> reach tentative 5-year labor agreement through 2021, subject to ratification by both parties: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4EW1YqgvKg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/4EW1YqgvKg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/804166005702344706\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>MLB and Players Union Reach New Collective Bargaining Agreement<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The new agreement will look strikingly similar to the old one. According to the <strong>Associated Press<\/strong>, the luxury tax threshold will increase from this year&#8217;s $189 million to $195 million in 2017, $197 million in 2018, $206 million in 2019, $208 million in 2020, and $210 million in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The international draft, one of the major sticking points between the league and the union, will not be added to the new agreement. Instead, there will be a cap on the amount teams can spend on international players. And while there were rumors that rosters would increase from 25 to 26 players, that will not be the case.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No international draft, but int&#8217;l signings are said to be capped to 5-6M per team per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/804144337751777280\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Was also told that roster size won&#8217;t change at all. Remains at 25 before Sept. 1, and at 40 after Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaysonst\/status\/804151120276889602\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The largest change will be to free agency. Beginning in the next offseason, MLB will get its first taste of <b>NFL<\/b>-esque unrestricted free agency, which it has long avoided. Currently, when a team signs a free agent who was given and rejected a qualifying offer, that team must surrender a first round draft pick. Under the new labor agreement, that draft pick compensation will no longer exist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLB<\/a> teams will no longer forfeit first-round pick to sign free agents under new CBA, source says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmorosi\/status\/804144479510921216\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The qualifying offer system never truly worked with the draft pick compensation attached; indeed, no player had ever accepted one until last offseason. While it purported to protect poorer teams that could not outbid richer ones for their own free agents, all it served to do was hamstring the players at the bargaining table. If a player did accept the offer, he risked losing money on the open market. If he refused it, the draft pick compensation limited his attractiveness to other teams and cost him money in whatever deal he eventually signed. <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fowlede01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dexter Fowler<\/a><\/b> and his saga with the <b>Baltimore Orioles<\/b> and the <b>Chicago Cubs<\/b> last year is perhaps the prime example of this.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner <b>Rob Manfred<\/b> expressed confidence in the week leading up to the deadline that a deal would be reached. After perhaps the greatest, and certainly the most lucrative, <b>World Series<\/b> in recent memory, any threats of a work stoppage were probably overblown. Once the deal is ratified, the offseason will proceed normally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 12\/1\/16:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to an AP report early Thursday morning,\u00a0under the new CBA the\u00a0<strong>All-Star Game<\/strong> will no longer determine home field advantage in the\u00a0<strong>World Series<\/strong>. Instead, home field advantage will go to whichever pennant winner finishes the regular season with the better record.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the 15-day disabled list has been replaced with a 10-day disabled list.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/620638644\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/620638644?et=McUWl1JXSuZvPwm5KIEATA&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=b0hTURUdqKU1ocRLKfElHsrf0QJ6NGD9VaJPPwAcGKQ=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball will see 26 consecutive years without a lockout. Despite concerns leading up to the December 1 deadline that a deal would not be reached and the league would face a lockout, MLB and the players union reached\u00a0a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement Wednesday evening. 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