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The players are b=never happy. They can become FAs and make the most money offered by a team. Their contracts are guaranteed. Most get 4 months out of them year off. They make millions but keep going for more. Never happy? This shouldn't shed a good light to the fans of more expensive MLB everything. I t's been said a milion times, how much do you really need ? Ask the middle class how much they need to live a decent life? And yet, to play a game which they love. The players will be the group that takes sports down. The leagues try to make player safety better while the players want more money> So the league spends more money while the players wait bargaining and want more....Kind of backwards in my mind. As long as the fans keep putting up with it, it will go on until it reaches a breaking point, and the players will end up screwing themselves because of their greed

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/r...raid-of-lockout-if-they-cannot-reach-new-cba/

wow. sad to see this coming if it does happen...

 

Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports that owners, frustrated by the pace of negotiations, could vote to lock out the players if they can?t come up with a new collective bargaining agreement by December 1. It could be the first work stoppage since April 2, 1995.

According to Rosenthal, the owners offered to eliminate direct draft pick compensation ? a reason why players like Dexter Fowler and Ian Desmond had to wait until late February before signing prior to this past season ? in exchange for an international draft. The players rejected the proposal, understandably.

The owners and the union are also at odds over the competitive balance tax and?the Joint Drug Agreement, Rosenthal adds.
The last work stoppage, 21 years ago, lasted 232 days and canceled 948 games. Major League Baseball suffered a lack of interest after play resumed and many believe that the steroids-fueled home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa reinvigorated interest in the sport. (NBC/HBT)
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I'm very skeptical there will be a lockout. Just two side slinging poo around as they hash things out.

 

Twins sign Jason Castro to a three-year, $24.5 million contract ...

Orioles name Roger McDowell their new pitching coach ...

 

Braves sign Sean Rodriguez to two-year, $11.5 million contract...
The Braves made their third free agent signing of the offseason, inking veteran Sean Rodriguez on Thanksgiving.
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The Mariners announced late Wednesday night that the club acquired shortstop Jean Segura, outfielder Mitch Haniger, and pitcher Zac Curtis from the Diamondbacks in exchange for pitcher Taijuan Walker and shortstop Ketel Marte.

 

Not sure I understand why it's so understandable the players would understandably reject this. An international draft doesn't hurt any of their current constituency (and I would think the veteran players wouldn't take much of an exception to unproven amateurs no longer getting megadeals without ever playing a professional game), and the draft pick comp on QO players is easily the biggest drag on player salaries in the current system.

 

Man that's a lot of money for a utility guy. Weird offseason for the Braves so far.

 

winter meetings should get f/a really moving soon....

 

Report: Mets to re-sign Yoenis Cespedes for four years, $110M... pending physical.

 

Its a done deal...

 

With incumbent center fielder Dexter Fowler weighing his options in free agency, the Cubs on Tuesday plucked another player off the open market, agreeing with veteran Jon Jay on a one-year contract worth $8 million.

 

IRVING, Texas -- Major League Baseball's players and owners worked late into the night on Tuesday to try to reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, as a 12:01 a.m. ET Thursday deadline -- which marks the expiration of the current CBA -- loomed.
Both sides said they were optimistic a deal could be reached even though several significant issues remain unresolved.

Among them:
? Luxury-tax threshold
? Draft-pick compensation tied to the signing of free agents
? A proposed international draft
? Roster sizes and days off
? Changes in the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program
? Pace-of-play initiatives

Unlike previous negotiations, when an agreement often hinged on one or two large issues, this one is about a myriad of cumulatively important but one by one less daunting ones.

While not one of the issues appears to be a deal breaker, enough of them remain on the table that Tuesday's discussions did not result in a significant breakthrough, according to sources. However, there was enough progress that both sides seem to have faith in a deal getting done. (MLB.com)

 

There will be no lockout. Life is back to normal.

 

The All Star game will no longer determine who gets home field advantage in the World Series.

It's about time...

 

Thank Jeebus, that was one of the all-time worst ideas ever, glad to get rid of that vestige of Selig's legacy.

 

really? i didn't see that. Thank God. I'm with U Dog - an idiotic idea that ruins a game meant for the fans.

 

Getting the draft pick compensation on the QO lowered is a win for the players.

 

Pirates are dangling more than McCutchen out there which came as shock yesterday. I didn't catch who else. They DO need pitching. They had a bunch of rookie starters that ended last season.

 

igloo--he's being dealt. my 1 issue - it doesn't include Nats Superstar Trea Turner. No way I deal AMC for any prospect the Nats have that doesn't include Turner. Bad move Pitt.