Major League Baseball Players Union has stated that they will never agree to a salary cap after MLB offered a $245 million firm salary cap to the MLBPA which they refused. (image from the Major League Baseball Players Association)
MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:
#1 Minimum Player Salaries The union sought substantial increases in the minimum salary for younger players. MLB proposed smaller increases. Revenue Sharing and Service Time The union argued that some teams were not spending enough despite receiving revenue-sharing funds.
#2 There were also concerns about “service-time manipulation,” where teams delayed promoting top prospects to gain extra years of team control.
#3 Charlie talk about the hard cap that MLB is proposing at $247 Million that the union is refusing to accept.
#4 San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr got his first home of the season in the fifth inning agianst the Washington Nationals a 450 foot left field dinger. Tatis has five 20 homer seasons and hit 41 in 2021 but had not hit a homer in 240 at bats until Saturday.
#5 Charlie talk about the recent stadium proposal for West Sacramento. The Mayors of West Sacramento Martha Guerrero and Mayor of Sacramento Kevin McCarty both were on had presenting a rendering and a dream of building a park at the Sutter Health Park location to help lure an MLB expansion club. San Francisco Giants executive Dusty Baker a Sacramento native was on had for the presser as well and was pushing for it’s construction.
Charlie O does the MLB The Show podcasts Sundays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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