We have one “post game cancellation” day in the books, and there are no negotiating sessions planned between Major League Baseball and The Major League Baseball Players’ Association. This is a new phase of the lockout, where every week that goes by, another week of the regular season games will likely be sacrificed. At this point, it’s all about leverage, and who will...
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On Tuesday, March 1 just before 5 pm, Major League Baseball made a “last and best” offer to the Major League Baseball Players’ Association in an effort to end the MLB-imposed lockout after nine days of negotiations in Jupiter, Florida. The MLBPA rejected the offer, and thus the lockout persists. No one knows how long the lockout, which has now wiped away the first two regular...
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Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association met Sunday for the seventh consecutive day. Reports are that the talks were productive, however, no economic proposals were exchanged. With one day to go before regular season games are canceled, today’s modest progress may not be enough to allow the season to start on time. According to Evan Drellich of The...
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Contingents of people from Major League Baseball and The Major League Baseball Players’ Association met together and separately for almost six hours Friday. And unlike the refrain from the previous four sessions, there is progress to report. According to Evan Drellich of The Athletic: A little progress! MLB, players made gains today in one area: amateur draft order/lottery. MLB made a...
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As Herman’s Hermits famously sang, “second verse, same as the first.” Only in this case, it’s “fourth session, same as the first (and all preceding ones)”, no progress toward a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Representatives from Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association met for a fourth consecutive day in Jupiter,...
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