CBA Negotiations - Keeping Track of Progress & Changes

[bean5302]

There have been a lot of topics on the subject, but it might be hard to know what was proposed pre-lockout and where there's been give (if any) in the negotiations we know about... or at least I know about based on what sources are reporting. I put together some quick reference worksheet to track it. Green = moved towards owners. Blue = moved towards players. Red = moved further away.

Pre-Lockout
	MLB	MLBPA
Luxury Tax Ceiling ($210MM in 2021)	$180MM	$245MM
Luxury Tax 1/2/3yrs (20%/30%/50% in 2021)	25%/30%/50%	Current
Luxury Tax Penalty 1 ($230MM +12.5%)	Same	Current
Luxury Tax Penalty 2 ($250MM +42.5-45.0%)	Same	Current
& Loss of 10 positions in 1st or 2nd round	Same	Eliminate
Competitive Balance with Qual. Offer	Eliminate	N/A
Revenue Sharing (Pooled + Lux Tax in 2021)	Increase*	Decrease*
Salary Floor	$100MM	N/A
Draft (Worst draft 1st, best draft last)	Lottery top 3 picks	Lottery top 8 picks
International Draft (None in 2021)	Yes	Current
Free Agency (6yrs 2021)	age 29.5	5yrs & 29.5 or 6yrs
Arbitration Year Start (2-3yrs in 2021)	3yrs	2yrs
Arbitration Performance Calc	Career WAR-based**	Current
Arbitration Compensation	$1 billion Pooled**	Current
Arbitration Opt-Out (Sign before Arb)	No	Current
Pre-Arb Salaries (essentially league min.)	Pooled***	Pooled (higher)***
Minimum Salary $570k in 2021)	$570k	N/A
Postseason (10 teams in 2021)	14 teams	12 teams
NL Designated Hitter	w 14 team playoffs	Yes
*MLB is proposing the current revenue sharing pool, but increase luxury taxes collected which would fund the pool further, MLBPA is proposing a decrease of the revenue sharing pool by $100MM and reduce the luxury taxes which increase the pool.
**Career (fWAR) weighted towards recent years. This suggests player salaries could decline dramatically after a poor year or if the player has a great year before the first year of arbitration, their rookie or 2nd year struggles might reduce their salary.
***Pooled means all MLB gets together and determines the entire pool of arbitration money available. Money would then be allocated to players based on performance.
Current
	MLB	MLBPA
Luxury Tax Ceiling ($210MM in 2021)	$214-220MM	$245MM
Luxury Tax 1/2/3yrs (20%/30%/50% in 2021)	25%/30%/50%	Current
Luxury Tax Penalty 1 ($230MM +12.5%)	Same	Current
Luxury Tax Penalty 2 ($250MM +42.5-45.0%)	Same	Current
& Loss of 10 positions in 1st or 2nd round	Same	Eliminate
Competitive Balance with Qual. Offer	Eliminate	N/A
Revenue Sharing (Pooled + Lux Tax in 2021)	Increase*	Decrease*
Salary Floor	$100MM	N/A
Draft (Worst draft 1st, best draft last)	Lottery top 3 picks	Lottery with market size
Draft Bonus (None in 2021)	No Service Time Manip.	N/A
International Draft (None in 2021)	Yes	Current
Free Agency (6yrs 2021)	age 29.5 or 6yrs	Current
Service Time Bonus for Awards (None in 2021)		Yes
Arbitration Year Start (2-3yrs in 2021)	3yrs	2yrs
Arbitration Performance Calc	Career WAR-based**	Current
Arbitration Compensation	$1 billion Pooled**	Current
Arbitration Opt-Out (Sign before Arb)	No	Current
Pre-Arb Salaries (essentially league min.)	Pooled***	Pooled (higher)***
Minimum Salary $570k in 2021)	$600k/$650k/$700k	$775k -> $875k
Postseason (10 teams in 2021)	14 teams	12 teams
NL Designated Hitter	w 14 team playoffs	Yes
*MLB is proposing the current revenue sharing pool, but increase luxury taxes collected which would fund the pool further, MLBPA is proposing a decrease of the revenue sharing pool by $70MM and reduce the luxury taxes which increase the pool.
**Career (fWAR) weighted towards recent years. This suggests player salaries could decline dramatically after a poor year or if the player has a great year before the first year of arbitration, their rookie or 2nd year struggles might reduce their salary.
***Pooled means all MLB gets together and determines the entire pool of arbitration money available. Money would then be allocated to players based on performance.