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MLBPA’s Tony Clark rips baseball salary cap idea as ‘institutionalized collusion’  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ‘Institutionalized collusion’: MLBPA fights cap talk  ESPN MLB is ‘thriving’ — but it may not be enough to thwart a potential lockout  New York Post Column | MLB’s 2027 work stoppage? Baseball folks already are talking about it.  The Washington Post MLBPA’s Tony Clark doesn’t want a baseball salary cap  NBC Sports …

The Kansas City Chiefs managed to ink franchise-tagged guard Trey Smith to a four-year extension before Tuesday’s deadline. Rather than playing for $23.4 million on the franchise tag, Smith and the Chiefs agreed to a $94 million pact to make him the highest-paid guard in league history. Mike Florio of NBC Sports soon reported the contract terms, potentially keeping Smith …

Jorge CastilloJul 15, 2025, 01:44 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. ATLANTA — Calling it “institutionalized collusion,” MLB Players Association executive director Tony …

A salary cap in baseball is long overdue. The head of the players’ union wants to continue to delay the due date. Via Mike Mazzeo of Sports Business Journal, MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark said Monday that a salary cap would take baseball “backward.” “They [MLB] obviously have their interests, and those interests aren’t much different from the …