MLB Lockout Update: What's the deal with Minor League cost-cutting? Biggest takeaways from latest MLB proposal (Episode 540)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘150’ as in a buck fifty as in last night a report came out that MLB was looking to cut “hundreds of paying jobs to Minor League players” — this was reported with no real context, why this would happen, and why it should happen. Let’s talk about this proposal. (12:00) Why is this being leaked now? Well, MLB presented the players the latest proposal on Saturday and we haven’t heard much since. 130 pages long. Players aren’t too impressed. What were the big moves? (27:30) Chicago White Sox made a decision over the weekend that every Minor League player needs to be vaccinated. Why? (28:50) What is Sennets v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball Class Action - let me explain. (36:35) Review: Worst Person in the World. (41:35) NPPOD. (44:40) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if Tottenham has any real chance of getting the 2026 Super Bowl. #waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.7	150. Nothing personal. Word of the day for Tuesday, February 15th,
0:55.3	2022 is 150. It is amazing the way Jeff Pass and the VSPN can tweet something.
1:04.7	And if you don't follow him, you can follow me at David P. Samson.
1:07.7	It's just as good. Jeff Pass and gets this information and then
1:12.8	sends out a tweet about minor league players and what the owners are trying to do.
1:16.7	And all of a sudden, people are up in arms.
1:18.6	The owners are demanding a cut of minor league jobs.
1:24.4	First, they don't pay enough. Then they get rid of 40 teams.
1:30.0	And now on top of that, they're only allowing 150 players per organization.
1:36.4	When they used to have 180, 30 jobs are now lost.
1:41.2	Comments here. Comments there.
1:43.7	Owners, you stink. I've been very, very impartial during this lockout.
1:48.4	Because on nothing personal, I'm not going back into baseball.
1:53.3	I don't need to suck at the teeth of Rob Manford anymore.
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