While Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Union exchanged health and safety protocols earlier this week, the biggest fight remains in the on deck circle. Perhaps, not much longer though as the league is expected to present a new economics proposal to the Players Association on Tuesday according to a report by The Athletic’s Evan Drellich.
Major League Baseball plans to deliver a new economics proposal to the Players Association on Tuesday, sources said.
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) May 22, 2025
The league’s plan is expected to include a further reduction in salaries for the players due to the likelihood that games will be played without fans. The union contends that they already agreed to prorated salaries but the league maintains that the agreement didn’t include a scenario for games in empty stadiums.
So we are likely going to see a standoff between both sides. While you could certainly see where this negotiations could go badly, it just seems like there is way too much at stake for both sides to not find a path for a deal. Major League Baseball simply cannot afford to sit idle for 18 months not because of the coronavirus pandemic, but due to a disagreement over money. The optics would not play well especially as other leagues return to action.
Still, this is going to be the dominant storyline over the next couple of weeks so expect to see plenty rhetoric played out through the media by both sides.
Braves News
Our look at the depth of the Braves’ minor league system continued with a look at the middle infield which is headlined by Braden Shewmake and Vaughn Grissom.
MLB.com took a look back at the best offensive performance in a single game for each team. I would have guessed that this had to be Bob Horner who homered four times back in 1986 for the Braves but the correct answer is Joe Adcock who went 5-for-5 with four homers and a double back in 1954 against the Brooklyn Dodgers. This is quite a list so be sure to check the whole thing out.
MLB Trade Rumors took a look at the players that appeared in the majors in 2019 that had been traded the most in their career. Braves reliever Mark Melancon are tied for fifth on the list with Drew Butera and J.A. Happ having been dealt a total of five times. Former Braves outfielder Cameron Maybin is tied for second having been traded seven times.
Friday’s Braves flashback goes back to 2010 and a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game that was interestingly not televised.
The 2016 Rome Braves featured one of the Braves most talented roster in a while but their extended run through the playoffs was one of the best performances in minor league history.
Braves Podcasts
Brent, Kris, and Ryan discuss the recent MLB proposal and the ongoing negotiations, reminisce about shocking Braves trades from the past, and ruminate about how we can define success for Shea Langeliers.
MLB Draft History
MLB Trade Rumors ranked the best all-time No. 1 picks in draft history in terms of fWAR. Atlanta’s Chipper Jones Comes in second on the list behind Alex Rodriguez and ahead of Ken Griffey Jr.
MLB Pipeline lists each team’s best draft class ever. For the Braves they went with the 2007 group that included Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman in the first two rounds.
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