Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a team's salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out details of a salary cap plan li

MLB proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and eliminating deferred compensation, fleshing out details of its salary cap plan.

Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a team's salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out details of a salary cap plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players' association.

MLB proposed a five-year maximum contract length for players signing with new teams via free agency during a Thursday meeting with the players' union regarding the league's CBA.

After the prior agreement expired in December 2021, intensive bargaining did not start until late February as the threat approached of losing regular-season games — along with revenue and sal...