Daily News | MLB and locked-out players meet, but there’s a long way to go
One week before the purported deadline to shake hands on a new collective bargaining agreement or face what commissioner Rob Manfred described as the “disastrous outcome” of missing regular-season games, Major League Baseball and the Players Association on Monday changed the location of their meetings, brought more players and owners to the table, and sat together for hours instead of minutes.
In the latest version of its proposal, MLB made a $5 million tweak to the pre-arbitration bonus pool and added one team to the draft lottery, concepts that would be added to the CBA to help satisfy the players’ wishes for more pay for less-tenured players and greater competitive integrity, respectively. But the competitive-balance tax, a central issue in the negotiations, wasn’t addressed at all.
MLB agreed to nudge its pre-arbitration bonus pool to $20 million to reward 30 entry-level players with additional pay based on high-level performance. The players are seeking a $115 million bonus pool for 150 players.
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