P Bronson Arroyo signs a two-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
P Bronson Arroyo signs a two-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Alex Rodriguez decides to drop his lawsuit against Major League Baseball
In a major reversal, Alex Rodriguez decides to drop his lawsuit against Major League Baseball and the Players Association. He will serve his one-year suspension for his role in the Biogenesis scandal and will attempt to come back in 2015. He will also not attend the Yankees spring training opening shortly, where his presence would have been a major distraction.
Minor League Players Challenge Baseball’s Labor Standards in Landmark Class Action Suit
A class action suit is brought to federal court by former minor league players, who allege the Major League Baseball and all 30 of its teams have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and other state wage laws by not paying the players performing in the minor leagues overtime and minimum wage. The case filed as Senne v. the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, which was initially scheduled to be heard in heard in February of 2017, will be postponed indefinitely until U.S. district court Joseph C. Spero decides the question of class certification.
