{"id":2130,"date":"2026-06-01T21:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:08:19","slug":"baseball-players-chief-says-union-has-never-been-broken-and-will-fight-mlbs-salary-cap-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2130","title":{"rendered":"Baseball players\u2019 chief says union \u2018has never been broken\u2019 and will fight MLB\u2019s salary cap proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The head of the baseball players\u2019 association insisted his union will fight management\u2019s salary cap proposal as long as it takes as bargaining moves forward with the threat of a lockout that could cancel games next season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2128\">\u2018Your actions had impact on many people\u2019: Orange County prison escapee, convicted murderer appears in court<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Major League Baseball proposed a salary cap last week and appears set to start a lockout after the current labor contract expires Dec. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur union has never been broken and never will be,\u201d interim executive director Bruce Meyer said Monday during an online news question-and-answer session with reporters. \u201cOur players have what they have, including being the only sport that doesn\u2019t have this ultimate restriction, the salary cap, because our players have always been the most unified and that\u2019s going to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unions in the other sports didn\u2019t agree to salary-cap systems because they thought it was a good thing for players. That\u2019s not what happened,\u201d he added. \u201cIn one way or the other, they were not able to fight the way that our union has and not criticizing anybody, it\u2019s just a fact. Our union has always been the most solid, and that\u2019s why our union has the best system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MLB\u2019s proposal last Thursday would cap team spending in 2027 at $245.3 million, using figures for luxury tax payrolls that include $20.1 million for benefits and the pre-arbitration bonus pool. It also would establish a payroll floor of $171.2 million, forcing some teams to spend more. The Los Angeles Dodgers, baseball\u2019s biggest spenders, had a $415.2 million payroll on opening day this year \u2014 around $170 million over the proposed cap.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2124\">Cooler and pleasant for a few days before heat returns to central NC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB\u2019s proposal calls for a 50-50 split with players of defined revenue, including for players spending on signing bonuses for players from high school and college, and international amateurs agreeing to initial contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not even a real 50%. It\u2019s taking billions of dollars off the top before they\u2019re proposing to even share any of that,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cPlayers\u2019 share under their proposal would go down. Players\u2019 share for this season, 2026, is projected to be well over 50%. \u2026 Had MLB\u2019s proposal been in place in 2026, players would, we estimate \u2014 would lose over half a billion dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Players contracts this year, using average annual values and including benefits and the pre-arbitration bonus pool, total $6.14 million, according to MLB\u2019s opening-day figures. Slot values signing bonuses in this year\u2019s amateur draft come to about $359 million and international signing bonus pools to $208 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve effectively managed to cobble together the worst system for players in any of the major sports, and not even close,\u201d Meyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2118\">Could AI be impacting your brain health?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The head of the baseball players\u2019 association insisted his union will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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