Major League Baseball Players Association
The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union representing Major and Minor League baseball players employed by the 30 Major League Baseball teams, collectively bargaining for and enforcing player rights, benefits, and common interests. It also oversees MLB Players, Inc., its commercial and licensing arm, and the Players Trust, its charitable foundation.www.mlbplayers.com
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Sep 16, 2026
Nathan BakerGUEST
Minor league games can still and will still happen.
Nathan BakerGUEST
But players who are on the 40-man roster cannot participate in those minor leagues because they're represented by the MLBPA, which is technically on strike slash locked out.
Nathan BakerGUEST
So if Sloan is not on the 40, he can still pitch for the Mariners in the minor leagues, and that's valuable development time.
Nathan BakerGUEST
If he is called up for this year, if it's for a start or two, that rules him out of being able to pitch during the lockout.
Ralph AmsdenHOST
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George WrighsterHOST
guarantee if you take that $100 million that has been spent on lawyers in the last five years and you develop and you take that money, use it on consultants and whatever future money you're going to be spending on lawyers, hire consultants, talk to the NFLPA, talk to the MLBPA, all of this stuff and create the necessary entities.
George WrighsterHOST
But that's not what they want to do.
George WrighsterHOST
That's why they keep trying to stampede this forward.
Jeff PassanHOST
MLB wants a salary cap.
Jeff PassanHOST
The MLBPA abhors the idea.
Jeff PassanHOST
Both have anchored to their position.
Jeff PassanHOST
Neither intends to budge, and we, you, me, everyone who looks forward to 7:00 p.m. first pitch, are left sitting around, waiting, watching, slaves to the machinations of the rich, who seem pretty intent on Thelma & Louise-ing the game to a place that it absolutely, unequivocally need not go.
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Jeff PassanHOST
There was a lot of respect, which I appreciated, and a lot of passing, which I did not.
Jeff PassanHOST
There was plenty of appreciation, but not a whole lot of commenting.
Jeff PassanHOST
Oh for five turned into oh for 10, which begat oh for 15, and as much as I had hoped a single owner, just one, would stand behind a set of labor proposals that MLBPA executive director Bruce Meyer called, quote, "The worst system for players in any of the major sports, and it's not close," end quote.
Jeff PassanHOST
I wasn't confident, because as one media relations director said, quote, "I don't think many owners are ready to talk on this topic," end quote.
Chris HallHOST
And this is what, this is what happens in the MLB as well.
Chris HallHOST
You gotta start working with the MLBPA, okay, and then you start...
Chris HallHOST
Um, actually Cody Whittick has done this personally.
Chris HallHOST
I have not done it in person, but we did do it while I was at Bruce Bolt.
Dominic CotroneoGUEST
These are two and a half to three-hour long pods of singular topics.
Dominic CotroneoGUEST
So we started, of course, with the birth of the MLBPA, the rise of Marvin Miller.
Dominic CotroneoGUEST
We talked about commissioners.
Dominic CotroneoGUEST
We talked about owners.
Jerry KrasnickHOST
He has also been a staunch advocate for the union since he jumped into the fray with the Detroit Tigers in the mid-1990s.
Jerry KrasnickHOST
In his current role as a Special Assistant for Player Services with the MLBPA, Mike visits a lot of clubhouses, talks to a lot of players, and fields inquiries on everything from the pension and benefit plans to the whys and wherefores of moving expenses.
Jerry KrasnickHOST
If a player has a question, there's a 99.9% chance he's got the answer.
Mike MyersGUEST
Well, thanks for coming in, Mike.
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Jerry KrasnickHOST
Emily Kless provided art direction and media strategy.
Jerry KrasnickHOST
And our executive producers were Roz Guevara and Gretchen Mueller.
Jerry KrasnickHOST
The Stitch by Stitch podcast is an MLBPA audio original.
Jerry KrasnickHOST
Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Robyn NewtonHOST
The remainder of the baseball season is canceled by Acting Commissioner Bud Selig after 34 days of the players' strike.
Robyn NewtonHOST
The last 50 games of the season and postseason were canceled due to the strike called by the Players Association and their leader, Don Feer.
Robyn NewtonHOST
The World Series would not be played for the first time in 90 years.
Robyn NewtonHOST
The strike was finally ended by a ruling from future Chief Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Ewan ManningHOST
how they have money, but there might not be baseball next year, which will be the interesting thing with the...
Ewan ManningHOST
the CBA negotiations between the MLB and the MLB PA about money and salary cap and stuff like that.
Ewan ManningHOST
So that'll be interesting.
Alex GlickGUEST
I'm in favor for it.
Ashish MalhotraHOST
So when it comes to collective bargaining, I think the Major League Baseball agreement is the one that's next up in December.
Ashish MalhotraHOST
So when negotiations are happening around that time, should we expect to see the MLB Players Union threatening to disband?
Stefan SzymanskiHOST
I'd be surprised if that didn't come up at some point.
Stefan SzymanskiHOST
Whether they do it or not, but I'm sure it'll be discussed.
Carol MassarHOST
We had a great conversation with Ira Boudouin about that a moment ago.
Carol MassarHOST
We're going to get to that, but we've got to talk about the business of the MLB right now because the collective bargaining agreement between the MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association is set to expire at the end of this season.
Carol MassarHOST
Owners want a salary cap.
Carol MassarHOST
Players don't.
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