MLBPA Vows to Fight Salary Cap

MLB proposed a salary cap last week, with a $245.3 million spending limit for 2027 and a $171.2 million floor. The Dodgers' $415.2 million payroll this year is well above the proposed cap. Meyer emphasized that baseball players are the only major sport without a salary cap due to their unity. 'Our players have always been the most unified and that's going to continue,' Meyer said during an online news conference. sport-tr.bet

Baseball has experienced nine work stoppages since 1972, though regular-season games haven't been lost since the 1994-95 strike. No next bargaining session has been scheduled. The union has proposed expanded free agency, higher salary arbitration rights, and almost doubling the major league minimum salary.