Major League Baseball’s revised proposal to the players’ union pushes a salary cap back to 2028 while keeping the mechanism the MLBPA has rejected for decades. Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the cap is set at $258.2 million with a floor of $180.2 million, up from $245.3 million and $171.2 million in the league’s earlier offer.
Bob Nightengale further added to the report, saying a $1 million minimum salary, free agency after five years for players 30 and older, and the end of the qualifying offer. MLB said the delay gives clubs a full offseason to prepare, and projects that 12 clubs would need to add a combined $636 million to reach the floor.
Eight teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and NY Yankees, would have to cut $528 million. Fan reaction has run hot since May, when the first cap-and-floor numbers landed. Following the latest update, one X user noted, “That’s the end of baseball.”
