Miami Marlins are headed for a MLBPA grievance

It's not news for Miami Marlins fans that principal owner Bruce Sherman isn't spending much on player payrolls. Only one free agent signing has even been done all off-season! It's insane to even think about to be honest. The team just isn't spending at all. It now appears that it could lead to serious issues with the MLBPA in the near furure.

Could the Miami Marlins end up being penalized for not spending?

In order for revenue sharing eligible teams to receive said sharing, they need to keep their payroll at the $105 million number. That's in fact why the Athletics started spending this off-season. They needed to reach that number to continue receiving revenue sharing and they did. The Miami Marlins on the other hand are still stuck at the $87 million number. This is of course a serious issue.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the MLB owners and the MLBPA will run out next year. It's widely believed that it will lead to some sort of work stoppage and that the two sides will probably take a while to agree on new updates to the previous agreement. In the meantime, it seems that The Fish are using the fact that any grievance might take years to be resolved, in order to "work the system". That seems to be behind the team not adding payroll.

This is obviously very frustrating to hear and again makes me believe that the Malins need a new ownership group. Peter Bendix isn't spending, because Sherman is basically not authorizing him too. Apparently, The Fish recently made an ad on LinkedIn for a practice squad to play against Low A Minor Leaguers. Players would've been paid $150 a day, which was below the minimum that Minor Leaguers should be paid according to the CBA. It also would've added more than the minimum allowed Minor Leaguers to the team. The Miami Marlins took the ad down.

This isn't a good situation. I understand that the Miami Marlins are basically rebuilding at this point, but there's no reason not to invest more in the Major League roster, even in players that could be traded at the Trade Deadline.