On Wednesday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Joel Sherman of the NY Post both reported that players will likely receive credit for a full season of service time if the MLB season is shortened in 2020, as negotiations between MLB and the players’ union continue. That means a player like Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner would need not worry about his free agency being pushed back a year.
That’s a pretty big deal. Here’s why:
A player earns service time for each day he is on a team’s major league roster (even if he is injured).