Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
3-3-2025
Abstract
Final-offer arbitration, commonly referred to as “baseball arbitration,” is a process where one or more arbitrators will settle an issue by selecting one of the final offers proposed by disputants. In the 1973-1974 offseason, Major League Baseball (MLB) introduced final-offer arbitration as a mechanism to handle salary disputes between professional baseball players and their teams. To be eligible for salary arbitration, players must have more than three, but less than six, years of service time. One year of service time is completed when a player spends 172 days on a team’s 26-man roster or MLB’s injured list in a given season. An exception exists for “Super Two” players, who are players with greater than two but less than the requisite three years of service.
The print edition of the issue has also been released. This post was originally published on the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution website on March 3, 2025.
Recommended Citation
Ahdoot, Jeremy, "Final-Offer Arbitration in Major League Baseball: An Effective Dispute Resolution Process" (2025). Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog. 114.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr-blog/114
