Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says MLB will delay the salary cap proposal until 2028 and no salary cap for 2027 season. Will the MLBPA agree or not? (photo from Stadium Chaser)

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MLB Proposes delaying the salary cap until 2029

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

Commissioner Rob Manfred may be “buying time’ for his owners. No word on this so far from the players’ union, the MLPA, which has said the salary cap is a ‘red line ‘, a message that they are not looking forward to a cap for their players. Basically, this is an effort by the owners to win over the players, sweetening the deal. Give the MLPA a year (2027) to think about it. But I do not think the players will bite.

This announcement changes from MLB first proposal. The owners project that the top limit on team spending in 2028 would be $258.2 million, up from $245.3 million proposed for 2027, and the floor the league proposes for 2028 is now $1809.2 million, up from $171.2 million initially.

So sit down and get the Pop Corn because this could be ,long, definitely longer than the very expensive 1963 Hollywood film Cleopatra. It is widely referred to as a financial disaster and a near-bankrupting “bomb”; hopefully, Major League Baseball owners and players will come to an agreement satisfactory to both sides, and most importantly, keep the baseball fans iin a better mood.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.

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