Twins (Bradley) vs Guardians (Williams): 7/23/26, 12:10pm

[Mike Sixel]

4 minutes ago, amjgt said:

There was a similar discussion yesterday and I almost started a thread about it, but one more thing to consider…

With one of the new CBA discussion points being talked about being a shorter time in arbitration (5 years instead of what usually ends of being 7), might there actually be an advantage to starting their service clock this year and potentially getting them grandfathered in to the new system. 

Excellent point!

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

8 minutes ago, amjgt said:

There was a similar discussion yesterday and I almost started a thread about it, but one more thing to consider…

With one of the new CBA discussion points being talked about being a shorter time in arbitration (5 years instead of what usually ends of being 7), might there actually be an advantage to starting their service clock this year and potentially getting them grandfathered in to the new system. 

By Sept they should have a pretty good idea of the leagues opinion on this.   Merely moving players to the 40 man or up to the big leagues should satisfy the requirement.  There may also be a gap year for it to go into play such as 2027 is still operating under the old rules.  It would likely cause a lot of prospects to be called up during the year.   My personal opinion is for prospects over age 27 the control should end by a year.  So a player can be a free agent at age 32 no matter what.   

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[Mike Sixel]

2 hours ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

By Sept they should have a pretty good idea of the leagues opinion on this.   Merely moving players to the 40 man or up to the big leagues should satisfy the requirement.  There may also be a gap year for it to go into play such as 2027 is still operating under the old rules.  It would likely cause a lot of prospects to be called up during the year.   My personal opinion is for prospects over age 27 the control should end by a year.  So a player can be a free agent at age 32 no matter what.   

I've argued that anyone 32 or older not under MLB contract should be a free agent regardless of anything else.