美国职棒大联盟球员工会在与管理层的谈判中提议扩大业余选秀资格范围，允许大学二年级学生和高三学生参加选秀 [1]。工会同时主张维持20轮选秀制度并将选秀时间改回6月 [1]。
这些提议凸显了两方即将面临的劳资对抗。MLB五年劳动合同将于12月1日到期 [1]，管理层预计随后将实施禁赛，可能威胁到定于2月9日开始的春训和3月24日的常规赛开幕 [1]。
MLB在5月首次提议建立薪资上限，遭到球员工会的坚决反对 [1]。管理层曾提出消除高中生和初级学院学生的选秀资格，并计划将2027年选秀轮数从现有水平削减至12轮 [1]。
关于选秀处罚的改革方案，工会建议提高超额支出的处罚门槛，即超过签约奖金池15%的球队将不再在下一次选秀中失去选秀权，而现有标准为5% [1]。
双方的谈判会议于周二在MLB总部举行，耗时两小时 [1]。这距离1994至1995年球员罢工已相隔近30年，那次罢工持续7个半月，并导致首次取消世界大赛 [1]。
The players' union has put forward a proposal to broaden amateur draft eligibility as negotiations with Major League Baseball intensify ahead of a looming labor confrontation. [1] The union's proposal would allow college sophomores and high school juniors to participate in the amateur draft, maintain the current 20 rounds of selections, and relocate the draft back to June, where it was held before 2020. [1]
The five-year labor agreement between MLB and the players expires on December 1. [1] Management has signaled it will impose a lockout following the contract's expiration, threatening to disrupt spring training, scheduled to begin February 9, and the regular season opening on March 24. [1]
The union's proposal represents a counterposition to MLB's earlier stance on draft eligibility. [1] The league had previously proposed eliminating high school and junior college players from draft consideration while reducing the number of rounds from the current level to 12 rounds beginning in 2027. [1]
Beyond the draft structure, the parties remain at odds on fundamental economic issues. [1] MLB introduced a salary cap proposal in May, which the players' union has vowed never to accept. [1] The union also seeks to adjust the penalty threshold for teams exceeding the luxury tax pool, proposing it be raised from the current 5 percent to 15 percent, above which teams would no longer forfeit draft picks in the subsequent selection. [1]
Talks between the two sides took place Tuesday at MLB headquarters in New York and lasted two hours. [1] The negotiating environment recalls the contentious labor history between the parties, particularly the 1994-95 player strike, which lasted seven and a half months and resulted in the first cancellation of the World Series. [1]