{"id":582016,"date":"2026-02-20T01:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/582016\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:15:20","slug":"athletics-all-star-fuels-rumors-mlb-players-could-force-work-stoppage-in-2027-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/582016\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics All-Star Fuels Rumors MLB Players Could Force Work Stoppage in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a new interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/athletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athletics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athletics<\/a> All-Star Brent Rooker added fuel to rumors that a salary cap will be a non-starter for players in a new collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, MLB players are either down in Florida or Arizona getting ready for the 2026 MLB season. While the goals and aspirations for the new season are at the forefront of their minds, something dark is looming in the distance. Negotiations on the next CBA between the league and the MLB Players Association.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Due to the out-of-control spending by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Mets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Mets<\/a>, and other big-market teams over the last few years, the word around the game is that many owners are willing to die on the hill of finally bringing a hard salary cap to MLB. It is something other major leagues like the NFL, NHL, and NBA have or something similar.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has yet to make its way to MLB because the MLBPA has proven time and again that they are the strongest players\u2019 union in sports. Whenever the owners push hard for a major change, the players push back even harder, and they have yet to break.<\/p>\n<p>Brent Rooker on hard cap: We\u2019re not going to tolerate that being implemented<\/p>\n<p>And when it comes to a hard cap, Athletics two-time All-Star Brent Rooker is the latest MLB star to make it clear that the idea is a complete non-starter for players.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSalary caps are designed to suppress wages so owners can make more money. That\u2019s pretty much it. That\u2019s the goal behind them. They are not trying to accomplish anything else. That\u2019s not good for players, that\u2019s not good for the league, that\u2019s not good for competitive balance or parity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to tolerate that being implemented into our game,\u201d Rooker said when asked about a hard cap during a Wednesday appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoulTerritoryTV\/status\/2024584775936471468\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Foul Territory podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Foul Territory podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It sure seems like both sides are ready to dig in deep on the issue of a hard cap. If they are both unwavering, it looks like another work stoppage \u2014 like in 1994 \u2014 is coming early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a new interview, Athletics All-Star Brent Rooker added fuel to rumors that a salary cap will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[537,5,545,17937,57,4,3226,21995,61,34437],"class_list":["post-582016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-baseball","tag-brent-rooker","tag-collective-bargaining-agreement","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-athletics","tag-mlb-players","tag-new-york-mets","tag-salary-cap"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116100315942463526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}