Schedule Effects: Delayed start of spring training Schedule Effects: Final 8 days of spring training cancelledĪ precursor to the 1981 strike, the 1980 work stoppage lasted just eight days until MLB and the union decided to table negotiations over free-agent eligibility and the compensation teams received for losing players until the following year. After meeting in the middle, they resumed the season and decided on a unique playoff structure where the top teams of the first “half” faced off against the best teams from the stretch run in the first round. MLB’s owners wanted hefty compensation for losing players to free agency and the players were looking to become free agents sooner than they already were. The 1981 strike was at the time the sport’s most damaging work stoppage yet, taking a chunk of nearly two months out of the season. Issues of contention: Free agency, compensation for players lost Schedule Effects: Split-season playoff standings It worked, as the union scored a significant increase in the league’s pension contributions and managed to have the minimum salary raised from $40,000 to $60,000.
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Issues of contention: Player pensions, salary arbitration, minimum salaryĪ very brief strike, this work stoppage was a result of player pushing for a bigger piece of league revenue after MLB negotiated a lucrative TV deal in 1983. Schedule Effects: 23 of 25 games missed were rescheduled Perhaps most notably, this work stoppage resulted in the increase of the league’s minimum salary to six figures - $100,000 - for the first time. In February 1990, the owners locked out the players and made their first attempt to put a salary cap on the negotiating table, but it was rebuffed. MLBPA is famous for its refusal to accept a salary cap, a stance maintained through present day. Issues of contention: Salary arbitration, free agency, minimum salary Schedule Effects: Opening Day delayed a week, season extended 3 days The union finally decided to end the strike in March 1995, but it would be two years before a new CBA was finally reached.
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The World Series was cancelled for the first time in 90 years and the following campaign was affected as well. MLBPA went on strike midway through the 1994 season.
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The most catastrophic work stoppage in MLB history, the 1994-95 strike was a result of the owners' attempting to install a salary cap. Schedule Effects: 1994 playoffs cancelled, 1995 shortened by 18 games
In the end, Opening Day was only delayed by one week before a deal was reached. There was no single biggest issue of contention, a testament to just how far apart MLB and the union were when negotiations began. Twenty-six years of labor peace was interrupted this offseason, when the owners locked out the players as tenuous negotiations got the two sides nowhere. Issues of contention: Free agency, luxury tax, salary arbitration, competitive integrity, minimum salary, service-time manipulation 2 pick Dylan Crews brings a ‘high baseball IQ'
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