Powerful MLB owner pushes salary floor, igniting CBA talks

Powerful MLB owner pushes salary floor, igniting CBA talks

With nearly two full seasons left on the current collective bargaining agreement, Major League Baseball is already bracing for a labor war.  That negotiations are making headlines in February — before spring training is in full swing — says plenty about the tensions simmering beneath the surface. Some of it is circumstantial. Once the regular … Read more

Is Mets owner comfortable with GM’s approach with Pete Alonso?

Is Mets owner comfortable with GM's approach with Pete Alonso?

MLB Network analyst Jim Duquette seems to have some inside information about the free-agency saga involving first baseman Pete Alonso and the New York Mets. Duquette recently suggested that Mets owner Steve Cohen “may have to eventually jump in” regarding negotiations between Alonso’s camp and Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns. It sounds like Cohen won’t … Read more