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MLB, players close to labor deal
While nothing has been announced as final yet, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have ironed out their differences and a labor deal is set to be announced soon. The big sticking point this time around was compensation for draft picks, and it looks like the two sides have agreed to something.

MLB has always wanted a hard slotting system where signing bonuses were fixed based on the spot the player was drafted. The players, of course, want it to be wide open. Right now, the league has worked with recommended slotting, but there's been little teeth behind it.

It'll be interesting to see what middle ground they found, but from what I've heard, they're may be a signing bonus luxury tax of some sort to penalize teams that go over slot.

The current labor deal expires Dec. 11, 2011, but it looks like this is going to be another peaceful transition. With the owners, players, agents and general managers all having meetings this week, my guess is we have an announcement over the weekend, if not sooner.

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Detroit Tigers Team Notes

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/724268....-managers-ye ar
Congratulations to Kirk Gibson and Joe Maddon voted Managers of the year in NL and AL.
espn

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/20....raws_one_f.html
Tigers' Jim Leyland draws one first-place vote, finishes second in AL Manager of the Year voting.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/20111116/SP....shes-second-AL
Kirk Gibson wins NL manager of the year; Tigers' Jim Leyland finishes second in AL.
from the freep

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/artic....ws_mlb&c_id=mlb
Gibson, Maddon named top skippers in 2011.
from the Tigers official site

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2011/11/16/leyla....year-balloting/
Leyland 2nd in AL Manager of the Year balloting.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

http://www.detnews.com/article/20111116/SPORTS0104/111160428/1129/Tigers
 
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