The new Collective Bargaining Agreement has given me so many great new features to learn about and cover: the Prospect Promotion Incentive, the draft lottery, and now the pre-arbitration bonus pool.
Part of the union’s desire during these most recent negotiations was to get players paid younger. They saw teams were taking their time, milking the pre-arbitration system for all it was worth. Then, they would throw those players aside once they went up the service time ladder, drying up free agency and leaving many players out in the cold as far as pay days went.