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[[George Springer]], prior to his major-league debut in the [[2014 Major League Baseball season|2014 season]], had turned down a seven-year, $23 million contract offer from the [[Houston Astros]]. The Astros then demoted Springer to the minors for the season's first 14 games. A writer for CBS Sports described the move as service time manipulation and as a reprisal for rejecting the contract offer.<ref name="cbssports-2021-03" />
[[Kris Bryant]], prior to the [[2015 Chicago Cubs season]], was assigned to the Cubs' [[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA]] affiliate to work on his defense, despite putting up impressive offensive numbers in the minor leagues. The Cubs started [[Mike Olt]], who had a .159 career batting average, at third base on Opening Day.<ref name=“espn-2019-04”>[https://es.pn/2UTLyOt What you need to know about service-time practices in MLB]</ref> Seven games into the major league season, the Cubs promoted Bryant, who remained on the roster for the remaining 171 days of the season. This made Bryant ineligible to earn a year of service time.<ref name="cbssports-2021-03" /> Bryant filed a grievance against the Cubs, but an arbitrator ruled that the [[Major League Baseball Players Association]] (MLBPA) did not prove that the Cubs manipulated Bryant's service time.<ref name="ap-2020-02">{{cite news |last1=Blum |first1=Ronald |title=Arbitrator rules union didn't prove Bryant case vs Cubs |url=https://apnews.com/article/mlb-baseball-free-agency-sports-general-kris-bryant-6c03d827f90dbd48fc336e7f4f4eccbd?utm_medium=AP_Sports&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow |access-date=May 11, 2022 |work=Associated Press |date=February 4, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
In a recorded address to a [[Rotary Club]] chapter in [[Bellevue, Washington]] on February 5, 2021, [[Seattle Mariners]] president [[Kevin Mather]] openly cited service time reasons for not calling up top prospects to the majors in the [[2020 Seattle Mariners season|previous season]]. After journalists criticized Mather’s statements, Mather apologized. The MLBPA called Mather's comments "offensive".<ref name="cbssports-2021-02">{{cite news |last1=Axisa |first1=Mike |last2=Anderson |first2=R. J. |title=Mariners president Kevin Mather admits team manipulates service time and criticizes player's English in video |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mariners-president-kevin-mather-admits-team-manipulates-service-time-and-criticizes-players-english-in-video/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |work=CBS Sports |date=February 22, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Mather resigned as Mariners president the day after his remarks were criticized in the press.<ref name="espn-2021-02">{{cite news |title=Mariners president/CEO resigns after comments |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30946443/seattle-mariners-president-ceo-kevin-mather-resigns-comments |access-date=May 11, 2022 |work=ESPN.com |date=February 22, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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