NPB and athletes agree on number of days to acquire professional baseball FA rights Corona impact

NPB and athletes agree on number of days to acquire professional baseball FA rights Corona impact June 16 21:21

NPB, the Japan Baseball Organization and the Professional Baseball Players Association have decided to register the players who are required to acquire the rights of FA = Free Agent only for this season due to the shortening of the season due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. We agreed to multiply the number of days by 1.3 and add.

The NPB and professional baseball players' association held an online negotiation on the 16th to discuss how to handle the number of days required for registration of participating players, which is necessary for the acquisition of FA rights that differed in opinion.

FA rights will be calculated as one season if 145 days are registered in one army, but this season has been shortened due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the number of games has decreased from 143 games to 120 games.

Also, since the number of days that can be registered is reduced from about 190 days of the usual year to a maximum of about 140 days, the athletes side can register how to ease the handling of days only for this Although the NPB side said that the number of days should be based on the number of games, as a result of both sides approaching, an agreement was reached to multiply by 1.3 times the number of days registered for participating players, which was the minimum line for the athlete side. did.

On the other hand, the Athletes' Association demanded that the amount of difference between the minimum guaranteed amount of one army be paid according to the number of days registered for performance-based payment conditions and players with a low annual salary, which required the same approach as for participation registration. Was withdrawn.

We also agreed to increase the number of foreign players to participate in one army from four to five, while leaving the number of players who can participate at the same time unchanged at four.

“We have come to an agreement with the team as well, with a certain degree of compromise,” said Tadahito Mori, Secretary-General of the athletes' association.

In addition, the head of the Osamu Tanimoto team of Hanshin, who is the chairman of the NPB player relations committee, said, "We agreed with the desire to be clean and to start the season."