Why are they not playing baseball ?

[todeen]

Originally Posted by ASF123

Uh-oh. If an offer of 86% of asking price is a slap in the face, I've inadvertently slapped a bunch of eBay sellers in the face. Sorry about that!

I'm not sure your math is correct. Current minimum is $570k. Union asked for about $200k more, to a minimum wage of $775k. Owners offered $615, or $45k more than current salary. My math says they offered slightly less than 25% of asking. And yes, most sellers will be upset with just 25%.

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[Jim65]

Originally Posted by todeen

I'm not sure your math is correct. Current minimum is $570k. Union asked for about $200k more, to a minimum wage of $775k. Owners offered $615, or $45k more than current salary. My math says they offered slightly less than 25% of asking. And yes, most sellers will be upset with just 25%.

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Its worse than that. Players make 570K and owners are offering 615K, thats roughly a 7.9% raise.

[ASF123]

Originally Posted by todeen

I'm not sure your math is correct. Current minimum is $570k. Union asked for about $200k more, to a minimum wage of $775k. Owners offered $615, or $45k more than current salary. My math says they offered slightly less than 25% of asking. And yes, most sellers will be upset with just 25%.

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You were responding to a post that stated "I see the owners have offered a $ 615,000 minimum salary and the players union is at $ 715,000," which seemed accurate from a quick Google check. If it's not, I stand corrected.

The players definitely have legitimate gripes, especially the need to raise salaries for early-career players, which of course raising the minimum would help with. I support the players on that. But at least from what I've seen the parties aren't actually that far apart on that issue. They're a lot further apart on other issues.

On the baseball websites I follow, the commentary is about 98% anti-owner, and often militant, exaggerated and ill-informed. I don't think that's helpful.