*Photo from Bleed Cubbie Blue*
You can count this as progress being made. For the first time since before the lockout began, officials from MLB and the MLBPA met in person on Monday afternoon, and progress has been made in a deal for a new CBA, according to Evan Drellich of The Athletic.
In Monday's meeting, the MLBPA dropped a proposal for age based free agency, and this concession suggests that, when a new CBA is agreed to, players will not reach free agency before 6 years of service time, which is something the players had wanted, but MLB said that an adjustment to free agency was a non starter in negotiations.
During the meeting, the MLBPA also altered their plans for revenue sharing between teams, but they had rejected pretty much every proposal MLB offered on that front. The MLBPA is willing to drop the revenue sharing transfer from $100 million to $30 million.
The sides also met again on Tuesday afternoon to continue discussions. There once again was no agreement, as expected, but meeting for a second consecutive day is a sign of progress, with the sides now seemingly willing to work with each other and make some concessions in order to agree to a new CBA and bring baseball back.
On Tuesday, MLB proposed a raise of minimum salary for players with a year or less of service time to $615,000 after proposing $600,000 initially. The players remained firm in their ask for a minimum salary of $775,000 for players with a year or less of service time. There were no changes made to minimum salary for players between one and two years($650,000), and two and 3 years($700,000) of service time.
MLB withdrew their proposal on Tuesday that included changes to the arbitration system, and agreed to add a bonus pool for pre arbitration players who perform well, based on a players WAR for the past season. The MLBPA wants a bonus pool of $105 million, while MLB wants $10 million, so they are far apart on that.
Despite this progress being made, the two sides are still pretty far apart on a lot of key issues, and there still is no indication a deal will be done soon. But it is a sign of progress nonetheless, and there is another meeting scheduled for later this week between both sides.
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