With the collective bargaining agreement set to expire after the 2026 season, MLB is facing significant financial challenges due to decreased TV revenue and disparities between large and small market teams. As players remain skeptical of owners' motives, discussions are likely to intensify regarding salary caps, which the Players Association has historically resisted. Commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledges varying views among owners but aims to unify them before presenting any position to the MLBPA, despite admitting public discussions on salary caps could be problematic.
"We're a year away. I have owners with really strongly held views that I need to coalesce into a position that ultimately we'll take to the MLBPA."
"I don't think starting that debate publicly is a good start."
"The word in Cactus League clubhouses is that players believe owners will renew their push for a salary cap, which the MLB Players Association has resisted with all of its might for decades."
"I wish it would be the case that we would have a salary cap in baseball the way other sports do."
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