{"id":817191,"date":"2026-07-22T19:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817191\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:38:36","slug":"mlbpa-proposes-mlb-draft-overhaul-with-plan-to-preserve-current-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817191\/","title":{"rendered":"MLBPA proposes MLB Draft overhaul with plan to preserve current system"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MLBPA has \u201claid out its own proposal for the amateur draft\u201d as part of discussions for a new CBA<\/a>, according to J.J. Cooper of BASEBALL AMERICA. While MLB\u2019s proposal would \u201cdramatically change\u201d the amateur entry program, the MLBPA\u2019s counterproposal \u201crevolves around\u202fkeeping much of the current system in place\u202fwith some added tweaks.\u201d The MLBPA proposed<\/a> \u201cmaintaining the current 20-round draft format and eligibility rules for high school and junior college players while also expanding draft eligibility for all college sophomores.\u201d While MLB\u2019s proposal included \u201creducing the amount of money spent in draft bonuses by roughly half,\u201d the MLBPA\u2019s proposal would \u201cincrease signing bonuses while keeping the bonus pool system that currently allows teams to shift spending around their draft while staying within the total parameters of the draft bonus pool.\u201d The player\u2019s union also proposed \u201creducing the taxes and penalties handed out if teams exceed their signing bonus pool.\u201d Currently, teams pay only a financial penalty for exceeding their bonus pool allotment by less than 5%. So far, \u201cno team has been willing to suffer the draft pick penalties that come with exceeding their spending by 5% or more.\u201d The MLBPA\u2019s proposal would add \u201cdraft benefits for smaller revenue teams.\u201d That would include \u201cgiving small-revenue teams automatic increases to their bonus pools if they qualify for the playoffs while also continuing the competitive balance pick system.\u201d MLB\u2019s plans, on the other hand, would \u201celiminate competitive balance picks as part of its broader salary cap proposal.\u201d The MLBPA also proposed \u201creturning the draft to June\u201d (BASEBALL AMERICA, 7\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n

OTHER MATTERS: THE ATHLETIC\u2019s Evan Drellich reported the players also \u201cwant to bring back major-league contracts for draftees.\u201d The union proposed that \u201crevenue-sharing recipients can sign two players to big-league deals over the 2027-31 span.\u201d They \u201cdid not address the other piece of amateur entry, the international draft.\u201d Back in 2022, the players were \u201con board with the concept of an international draft — a notable development –\u202fbut the sides weren\u2019t able to work out the specifics back then.\u201d Inside the industry, however, the progress made on an international draft last time was an \u201cindication for many that this go-around, the sides might eventually find common ground on that topic\u201d (THE ATHLETIC, 7\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MLBPA has \u201claid out its own proposal for the amateur draft\u201d as part of discussions for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,4034,591,85],"class_list":["post-817191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}