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    MLB Labor Deal Close

    http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/72...al-sources-say

    This deal, however, figures to be especially historic, as baseball positions itself for the 21st century. Among other things, it will pave the way for realignment of the sport into two 15-team leagues, adding a second wild-card team in each league, spreading interleague play throughout all six months of the regular season and making significant changes to the draft, free agency and the so-called "Competitive Balance Tax."
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    OK, if they are talking about season-long interleague play, you would think that they will standardize the DH rule (either establish it fully or get rid of it completely). If they make it universal that is pretty self-explanitory. If they choose to abolish it though, I can't see the MLBPA giving up the jobs of the DHs without a roster bone in return.

    If the DH were to be abolished, do you think active 25-man rosters will be expanded to 26 or 27 guys?

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    For the Reds, this is good. One less team in their division and another playoff spot. Win-win.
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    For the Reds, this is good. One less team in their division and another playoff spot. Win-win.
    This is just one step closer to one league with two conferences ratherr than two distinct leagues. I don't mind the DH and I'm fine with abolishing it also (although I slightly lean toward making it universal). What I detest is going to season-long interleague play with two seperate sets of rules. Keep it...fine...get rid of it...fine...just standarize play!

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    Quote Originally Posted by corkedbat View Post
    This is just one step closer to one league with two conferences ratherr than two distinct leagues. I don't mind the DH and I'm fine with abolishing it also (although I slightly lean toward making it universal). What I detest is going to season-long interleague play with two seperate sets of rules. Keep it...fine...get rid of it...fine...just standarize play!
    I wouldn't mind seeing them standardize play too.

    I'm not much of a fan of interleague play either, but anything that helps the Reds chances of reaching the playoffs is a good thing in my book.
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    If they didn't address the DH rule then I'm underwhelmed by this agreement. They merely went for the low hanging fruit and left the rest

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    Regardless of the DH issue (and I'll agree that it's a legit issue), I'm very impressed by both the MLBPA and owners that they got this done, completely under-the-radar, and in an agreeable manner.

    When you look at what the NBA and NFL have/are going thru this year, it's a refreshing thing to see, esp. when you consider the damage 1994 did to the sport.

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    http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/...es_hgh_te.html

    As part of the deal, baseball's minimum salary will go from $414,000 this year to $480,000 in 2012 and $500,000 later in the deal — matching what the average salary was in 1989.
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    I thought I would bump this up since the press conference is today at 1 p.m. Here's a piece from a Philly TV station (careful, it automatically starts a video ad, so if you're at work, hit your mute button).

    http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/p...134202693.html

    The provisions about free agent compensation are reported to be changing. I've wondered whether there will be a change about offering arbitration and whether that will be required to receive the compensation, particularly if these become sandwich picks and not a pick taken from the signing club. I understand the logic that would argue that a club should have to take that risk to "earn" that pick, I'm beginning to wonder whether such might not be the case. Of course, we'll know by this afternoon.

    Anyway, I figured again it would be good to bump this general posting up to talk about the new CBA once it's announced, rather than having the piecemeal items elsewhere on the board.
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    Who cares about the DH rule. Big deal if one has it and one does not? I would rather have a good agreement in place then having some hold up over a DH rule that most teams can adjust to and deal with if they know it will be part of the equation more than before.

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    Here's a more thorough article about possible changes in the CBA:

    http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?o...news&Itemid=42
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    Here's a report on the details. I can't review them all now, but there's some very interesting pieces to this agreement. I have to get some work done before heading out of town tomorrow.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201....ap/index.html
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    Reading all of these tweets on the new deal, and its pretty heartbreaking for Reds fans. Amazingly, the new rules are going to benefit the big market teams even more.

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    Re: MLB Labor Deal Close

    So is the new agreement saying that if the Reds drafted a highly ranked player in the first 10 rounds and overpaid them then Reds could lose their first round pick the following year? What does anyone think about the new draft rules?


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