{"id":4088,"date":"2026-06-25T19:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4088"},"modified":"2026-06-25T19:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:08:42","slug":"mlb-proposes-limiting-most-free-agent-contracts-to-5-years-and-15-of-a-teams-salary-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4088","title":{"rendered":"MLB proposes limiting most free agent contracts to 5 years and 15% of a team\u2019s salary cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a team\u2019s salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out additional details of a salary cap plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players\u2019 association.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4086\">Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert says she will miss Wimbledon after recurrence of ovarian cancer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a bargaining session Thursday at the union\u2019s office, MLB said it would accept the union\u2019s proposal granting free agency a year early for players who have reached age 30 as part of a salary cap system. MLB also proposed boosting the minimum salary from $780,000 to $1 million for those with two years of big league service.<\/p>\n<p>MLB also proposed increasing the pre-arbitration bonus pool from $50 million to $65 million next year and $75 million by 2032, the sixth season of MLB\u2019s proposed seven-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>MLB also said it would agree to eliminate the qualifying offer for free agents that has restricted the market for some players.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4084\">Victoire\u2019s Marie-Philip Poulin played through a torn ACL and is set for surgery in July<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bargaining started May 13 for a contract to replace the five-year deal that expires Dec. 1, and owners proposed a salary cap for the first time since the union fought off the system during a 7 1\/2-month strike in 1994-95. MLB is expected to impose a lockout in December, halting free agent signings and trades.<\/p>\n<p>After the prior agreement expired in December 2021, intensive bargaining did not start until late February as the threat approached of losing regular-season games \u2014 along with revenue and salary. The sides reached an agreement on March 10, the 99th day of the lockout, preserving the 162-game schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4082\">X Games looks for a reboot featuring familiar names \u2014 Scotty James, Eileen Gu \u2014 and new teams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4088","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MLB proposes limiting most free agent contracts to 5 years and 15% of a team\u2019s salary cap - 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