Last month, it was reported that the MLB Players Association was unhappy with how two organizations were appropriating their revenue sharing funds. It was noted that the Miami Marlins and the Pittsburgh Pirates were the two teams rumored to being looked at by the players union. The union was claiming that the Pittsburgh Pirates were not investing the proper amount of money from the league’s revenue sharing program into the product on the field.
The revenue sharing agreement is based solely on smaller market teams gaining more money to help them increase their payroll. Instead, both the Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates were actively cutting payroll this offseason.