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Anderson 5 min read. Tatis will not have shoulder surgery this offseason Matt Snyder 1 min read. White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez and Athletics left-hander Jesus Luzardo would also be in line for Opening Day roster spots if service time were not an issue. The outcry over service-time manipulation stems from two sources. The first is a growing general public frustration with ball clubs that brazenly put short-term profit over on-field success. The second is the juxtaposition of league-owned media sources talking up players like Guerrero, Tatis, and Jimenez, while their teams are making such an obviously disingenuous effort to keep those players off the MLB roster.
MLB Pipeline, like other league-owned media outlets, does not answer editorially to the league office. Bryant, widely considered big-league-ready, torched his Cactus League competition and was sent to Triple-A to work on his defense while Mike Olt held down the hot corner in Chicago. Bryant was, and still is , irritated by what the Cubs did to him. But while the players union filed a grievance on his behalf, he had to wait more than two years to learn that nothing could be done.
Even when an executive slips up and reads the stage directions, nothing happens. Like society in general, Major League Baseball is an entity that functions not only on laws, but norms. Service-time manipulation, like the free-agency freeze and the race to the bottom on payroll, is the result of those with money and power—i. To make sure every club is writing out its best lineup, the rules have to change. Any overhaul to free agency would have to wait until the next CBA, which is likely at least three years away.
Even in that case, the league would be reluctant to give up this lucrative lever of power over young players without concessions from the union on other issues that would make eliminating service-time manipulation a pyrrhic victory. Club executives have spent the past few years playing rhetorical games to justify the anticompetitive decision to keep the next generation of star players on the sideline.
A formula would be created to determine how much players would receive. The union almost certainly would see both issues as problematic. Soto, for example, would have to play 10 seasons to reach free agency.
The current collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. The Post has learned that part of that phase of the proposal would remove recidivism penalties for teams that stayed above the lowest tax threshold. Service time also becomes a factor for players who are considerably further along in their careers.
Players with at least 10 years of Major League service who have spent the past five consecutive seasons with the same team earn "and-5" rights. Under these circumstances, a player can veto any trade scenario that is proposed. In essence, and-5 rights function as a full no-trade clause.
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