The millionaire figure that Tatis Jr can lose if they cancel the season

With the future of the season in the Big leagues still to be determined, because the negotiations between MLB and the Players Association (MLBPA) continue to try to reach a new labor agreement, players, fans, and journalists remain on the lookout.

What is certain, since he announced it himself Rob Manfredcommissioner of the Major League Baseball (MLB), is that in case of not reaching a common agreement between both organizations, regular season games will be canceled, thus seeing the campaign shortened, and without the players being able to recover the salary of each lost game.

That said, to put the situation in the league into context, focusing on the players, we will take as an example Fernando Tatis Jrone of the young stars of the MLB, and shortstop of the San Diego Padres.

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Green bills in the trash

Tatis Jr, original de Dominican Republic and at 23, he signed a lucrative contract extension with the Padres in 2021, for 14 seasons and 340 million dollarsthis being the largest contract in franchise history.

According to the Spotrac site, Tatis Jr would be earning around 5,714,285 dollars in the 2022 season, which translates into 30,721 dollars per day, this being the amount that the player would be losing for each game he cannot play because of the lockout.

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In the event of being suspended, say, 10 games from the start of the regular season, Fernando Tatis Jr would be losing $307,210.

I currently work as a web writer, specialized in NBA and NFL for Empresa EL DEBATE. I worked for 4 years and 5 months in the Sports section of the Printed Newspaper in Culiacán, covering various disciplines, being assigned to the source of Caballeros de Culiacán of CIBACOPA. I had the opportunity to cover the EL DEBATE Neighborhood Basketball Tournament for 3 years, one in Mazatlán, 2 in Culiacán, as well as the National War Bands in Los Mochis. In the same way, I was present at various openings and closings of sporting events of the Company. My passion is basketball, so I am constantly researching burst sports, especially the NBA, and have created special works on relevant topics. I covered the Culiacán International Marathon twice, one of the most important events at the local and state level. I am an avid reader, who likes to constantly improve myself, both personally and professionally. I successfully attended the Digital Sports Journalism Workshop at the University of Guadalajara sponsored by EL DEBATE.

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