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08/27 14:35 CDT MLB proposes limiting free agent signings to a few weeks in
December and then from February on
MLB proposes limiting free agent signings to a few weeks in December and then
from February on
By RONALD BLUM
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Major League Baseball has proposed limiting free-agent
signings to several weeks in December and then from early February on each
offseason along with a ban on trades during the gap in between. The plan aims
to create more of an offseason transaction flurry similar to those in the NFL
and NBA.
The plan offered to the players' association Thursday is contingent on adoption
of the salary cap system MLB proposed in May, which the union has vowed never
to accept.
MLB also proposed lowering the maximum in-season options to the minor leagues
from five to four and adopting a system of weekly rosters.
Teams would be allowed 14 pitchers, up from 13, when the 26-man roster limit is
in effect from the season's start through Aug. 31.
The union did not immediately respond publicly to the new proposal.
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