Latest Major League Baseball Players Association News

MLB, MLBPA announce expanded financial assistance programs for former Negro Leagues players

May. 22, 2024 17:39 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced they are expanding existing financial assistance programs to support living Negro Leagues players. Players who played in fewer than four seasons in the Negro Leagues will receive an...

Bad Bunny sports agency sues baseball players' union over ban, announces Ronald Acuña Jr. as client

May. 16, 2024 16:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bad Bunny's sports representation firm sued the baseball players’ association Thursday, asking for a restraining order against the union that would allow it to keep working with the company's clients — a roster it says now includes NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. Rimas...

Baseball players' union head Tony Clark nearly doubled pay to $4.25 million last year

Apr. 01, 2024 20:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players' association head Tony Clark nearly doubled his pay to $4.25 million in 2023, according the union’s annual federal disclosure filing Monday. Clark's income had risen from just under $2 million in his first full year after succeeding Michael Weiner...