Just 86 players among 1,695 who played in the major leagues this season earned $12 million or more as of Aug.
While he was at Weil, Gotshal & Manges from 1977-2003, Meyer worked with him on several cases.Įight players sit on the union executive subcommittee and supervise negotiations: Yankees pitchers Zack Britton and Gerrit Cole, Houston catcher Jason Castro, Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, Mets pitcher Max Scherzer, free agent pitchers Andrew Miller and James Paxton and free agent infielder Marcus Semien.īritton, Cole, Lindor, Paxton and Scherzer are represented by Scott Boras, baseball’s most powerful agent.Ĭastro, at $3.5 million, is the only one of the eight who earned under $12 million this year. Longtime sports union outside counsel with a specialty in antitrust cases, was a key figure in McNeil v. Now 67, is co-executive chairman of Winston & Strawn and co-chair of its antitrust/competition and sports law practices. Made opening argument in grievance by players’ association over shortened 2020 season. sports, including collective bargaining, then was senior director of collective bargaining, policy and legal for the NHL Players Association. Was a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges from 1986-2016, representing the unions in the four major U.S. Now 60, Meyer is a 1983 graduate of Penn and a 1986 graduate of Boston University School of Law. Was hired in August 2018 as senior director of collective bargaining and legal and took over as chief negotiator from Rick Shapiro, who was senior adviser to the executive director and left the union in July 2019.
Weiner died that November and Clark was voted executive director by the union’s executive board that Dec 3. Weiner’s symptoms increased in June 2013, and Clark was promoted to deputy executive director in July 2013.
Weiner, who took over from Fehr as executive director in December 2009, said in August 2012 that he had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.
A major leaguer from 1995-2009 and an All-Star first baseman in 2001, Clark was hired by the union as director of player relations in March 2010, assisted in collective bargaining in 2011 and was promoted to director of player services. Now 49, Clark is the first player to head the union and the fifth executive director after Marvin Miller, Ken Moffett, Donald Fehr and Michael Weiner. Colorado CEO Dick Montfort is chairman, joined by Milwaukee chairman Mark Attanasio, Texas chairman Ray Davis, San Diego vice chairman Ron Fowler, Boston principal owner John Henry, Minnesota chairman Jim Pohlad and New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner. Sets bargaining strategy with Manfred and his staff. Halem was promoted to executive vice president for labor relations in December 2013, chief legal officer in December 2014 and deputy commissioner for baseball administration in December 2017. He was hired as MLB’s senior vice president and general counsel for labor in September 2007 to replace Frank Coonelly, who left to become Pittsburgh Pirates president. The 55-year-old is a 1988 graduate of Cornell and 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School, was a partner in the labor and employment law department at Proskauer Rose and was an outside counsel to MLB in collective bargaining and salary arbitration. Took over as MLB’s chief negotiator ahead of talks leading to the 2016 agreement after serving as No. He led negotiations for labor deals in 20 with then-COO Bob DuPuy and headed talks in 2011. He was promoted to EVP of economics and league affairs in 2012 and to chief operating officer in September 2013. He assisted on collective bargaining during the 1990 spring-training lockout and the 1994-95 strike, then became MLB’s executive vice president for labor relations and human resources in 1998. Manfred became involved in baseball in 1987, when he was an associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and the firm was retained as counsel for MLB’s Player Relations Committee. A 1980 graduate of Cornell and a 1983 graduate of Harvard Law School, he clerked for U.S. Succeeded Bud Selig as baseball’s 10th commissioner in January 2015. Now 63, completing seventh year as commissioner.
MLB had five strikes and three lockouts from 1972 to 1995, including a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95 that caused the World Series to be canceled for the first time since 1904, but reached agreements without a stoppage in 2002, ’06, ‘11 and ‘16. A five-year contract between MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association expires at 11:59 p.m.