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CBA Details: Luxury Tax, Draft, HGH, Replay
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [November 22, 2011 at 1:26pm CST]
Baseball players and owners are announcing today that they’ve agreed to terms on a five-year collective bargaining agreement that assures MLB of two decades of labor peace. We’ll update this post with details on the CBA as they become available. The most recent details are up top:
•Free agents will cost compensatory draft picks if their former clubs offer guaranteed one-year deals with an average salary that matches or exceeds the average salary of the 125 highest-paid players from the previous season, according to Chris Ruddick of the Sports Network (via the Miami Herald). Players will have seven days to accept their teams' offers.
•Teams that sign players who have been offered these lucrative one-year salaries will surrender their first round draft choice. However, teams with top-ten picks will give up their second-highest pick instead.
•The international signing limits won't affect the posting system for players from Japan, according to Knobler (on Twitter).
•MLB will announce by March 1 whether playoffs will expand in 2012 or in 2013. Commissioner Bud Selig says he's hopeful of expanding playoffs next year.
•MLB rosters will expand to 26 for some doubleheaders, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times (on Twitter).
•Teams in the ten smallest markets and with the ten lowest revenues will enter a lottery for six additional first and second round picks, according to Bill Shaikin of the LA Times (on Twitter).
•Teams that don't exceed their draft spending limit will have a chance to obtain picks from teams that over-spent, according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com (on Twitter).
•There will be no more MLB deals for draft picks, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter).
•The draft signing deadline moves to the July 12-18 range from August 15th, according to Passan (on Twitter).
•Cubans under 23 years old with less than three years of professional experience will be considered amateurs and count against international spending limits, according to Passan (on Twitter). 26-year-old Yoenis Cespedes won't be subject to these limits.
•Teams that spend more than 5% over-slot on the draft will face a 75% tax, according to Passan (all Twitter links). Teams that go over slot by 5-10% face a 75% tax and the loss of a first rounder. Teams that go over slot by 10-15% face a 100% tax and the loss of a first and second rounder. Teams that exceed slot by 15% or more face a 100% tax and the loss of two first rounders. MLB wanted the top players to be selected in order of talent, according to Passan. This set of rules will also reduce draft spending significantly, a bonus for owners.
•Every team will have $2.9MM to spend on international bonuses this offseason, according to Passan. Eventually the limits will be in the $1.8-5MM range, according to Passan. Starting in 2013-14, teams will be able to trade money from their spending allowance for international players, according to Passan (all Twitter links). However, teams can only boost their original spending limit by 50% through trades.
•Teams that surpass the luxury tax threshold of $178MM will be taxed 42% in 2012 and 50% in 2013, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (all Twitter links).
•There will be a “significant” tax for teams that exceed recommended draft bonuses by a substantial margin, according to Heyman.
•A worldwide draft is a "significant possibility" by 2014, according to Yahoo's Jeff Passan (on Twitter).
•Blood testing for HGH will not be occur during the season without reasonable suspicion, reports Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports (on Twitter). ESPN's Buster Olney says (on Twitter) that offseason testing will begin next winter, 2012-2013.
•Olney also mentions that players will be tested in Spring Training "to determine energy levels" after testing, then the results will be discarded. The two sides will then determine how to proceed (all Twitter links).
•Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports (on Twitter) that instant replay will be expanded to include fair/foul plays and "trap" plays, subject to discussions between MLB and the umpires.
•Yesterday, MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes explained the new CBA in detail. Some highlights: Type A relievers will no longer cost draft picks to sign, the Elias rankings system will be eliminated, the minimum salary will increase, more super twos will exist and blood testing for HGH will begin. Plus, the Astros will move to the American League in 2013 and each league will introduce a new Wild Card team.
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