Minimum salary would rise to $1.5MM, with an expanded pre-arbitration bonus pool of $180MM and an increase to the Super Two pool to 44%. Arbitration minimums are expected to move higher, which could increase the cost of relief pitching and reduce the number of players offered arbitration, pushing some toward smaller contracts before spring training. Service time requirements for free agency for players aged 30+ would drop to five years. The competitive balance tax threshold would increase from $244MM to $300MM, with expectations of negotiation downward. Non-monetary penalties like draft pick forfeiture would be removed, and draft lottery and service time manipulation would be restructured, alongside revenue sharing rules tied to payroll.
"Raise the minimum salary to $1.5MM,Expand pre-arbitration bonus pool to $180MM Increase the Super Two pool from to 44% I guess all these will be negotiated down. $1.2/$100/30% $3MM minimum arbitration salary That will boost the price of relief pitching for sure. My guess is that the many more players will not be offered arb at this rate and will then be forced to sign smaller than $3M contracts right before spring training."
"Drop the service time needed for free agency to five years for players who are 30+ years old, ...This seems fair, considering how brief careers are after 30. If it stays, I bet it ends up at 31. Increase the competitive balance tax threshold from $244MM to $300MM With new salary minimum requests, they've added about $15M already to pre FA players. Small markets won't go for this. I bet this is negotiated to about 260."
"I'd rather they exempt all players that came up thru a club's minor league system (no more than 15 days at AAA elsewhere or something) from the Comp Bal tax and then lower the threshold to $120M. So your young guys don't count against your tax, and your stars that you sign long term don't either. That's good for fans and players and teams, unless they suck at player development. You can still sign a couple big FAs and some midlevel guys before incurring the tax. Or 2 Ohtanis."
"Remove non-monetary penalties such as the forfeiture of draft picks I'm for this if no draft picks can be traded. Restructure draft lottery, reduce service time manipulation, competitive integrity tax, make sure small market teams revenue sharing use it on payroll.Yes yes yes I think this is a reasonable open by players. Owners should ask for some concessions on injur"
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