Baseball America

HOW THE MAJORS HAVE CHANGED FOR YOUNG PLAYERS

When negotiating the 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the MLB Players Association prioritized the earning power of young major league players, especially young stars.

In a press release, the players’ union praised the new CBA by saying that it “provides fairer wages to players at all points of their careers.”

Age has become

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Baseball America

Baseball America24 min read
MLB 100
Through the years, Baseball America has evaluated the potential for thousands of young players and graded their scouting tools. Until now we had never carried that exercise through to major league players. This year, we sorted all MLB players by thei
Baseball America4 min read
More Harm Than Good?
As a prospect in 2021, Reds righthander Hunter Greene never knew how many innings or pitches he was going to get to throw. Even though he was the hardest-throwing starter in the minor leagues, Greene was told to go get hitters out. Coming off Tommy
Baseball America8 min read
International Treasures
Digging his foot into the pitching rubber one morning early in spring training, Padres righthander Yu Darvish lifted his leg and hissed a pitch toward the catcher. Twelve years earlier, when Darvish signed with the Rangers as the latest phenom out of

Related Books & Audiobooks