The MLB lockout thread

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They'll figure it out.

Owners aren't looking for a hard cap and players aren't looking for a significant change in FA rules. So the two things that could implode the whole smash aren't even on the table.

Meanwhile there was enough of a warning period that most of the major FAs have already signed so winter meetings weren't even necessary.

Much ado about nothing.

There will be games missed.

The owners basically proposed a de facto cap with proposing implement a floor and lowering the ceiling for when the luxury tax occurs.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

There will be games missed.

The owners basically proposed a de facto cap with proposing implement a floor and lowering the ceiling for when the luxury tax occurs.

I read they talked about raising the luxury tax ceiling but not by as much as the players preferred.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I read they talked about raising the luxury tax ceiling but not by as much as the players preferred.

Proposed payroll minimum of $100 million per club funded by a 25% tax on payrolls above $180 million. On existing luxury tax structure, proposed raising threshold to $214 million in 2022, rising to $220 million in final season.

The current rules have three luxury-tax tiers that include steeper penalties the higher a team's payroll climbs. The first tier takes effect at $210 million, with a 20% tax. The new proposal would reportedly keep the three tiers intact, and add a fourth, lower tier that begins at $180 million with a 25% tax. The penalties would increase from there with each tier.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/08/18/ml...xury-tax-mlbpa

Nope.

And that's pretty much a salary cap.