When Major League Baseball has to negotiate their next agreement with the Player’s Union, I have a feeling things are going to get ugly, and hopefully it won’t lead to another lockout of any length.
One of, if not the most significant issue that the union will bring up, is how “service time” has become a hot button topic, and things aren’t trending in the favour of the players. To sum it up, some teams may be (definitely are) holding back their top prospects in order to manipulate their contract control, thus keeping them in the organization for an additional year.