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Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?

In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative.

BREAKING: Minor Leaguers have been sent a card to vote on designating the MLBPA as their collective bargaining representative

More to come at https://t.co/9R0lQQcyRF pic.twitter.com/yhaNDfTlBM— Joon Lee (@joonlee) August 29, 2022

This is going to be a very interesting story to follow for many reasons, namely that it appears the MLBPA is finally putting their considerable legal power to some good for minor leaguers, who have long been excluded from any kind of consideration in discussions between MLB and MLBA.