As Nate Mendelson reported on MMO, MLB and the MLBPA had another negotiating session on Tuesday. Little (if any) progress was made, as the players made small concessions on service time manipulation and the amount of money requested for a bonus pool (details below). It’s February 2, the day after many suggested a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) would need to be in place...
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Could there be baseball in our near future? A week ago, it did not seem possible. Now, there is at least a degree of hope. Earlier this week, MLB and the MLBPA met on consecutive days to try to make progress on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). To the surprise of many, those sessions were productive, as both sides made concessions and even agreed on a new idea for compensation of...
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As reported on MMO by Nate Mendelson, MLB and the MLBPA met on Tuesday, and made “real progress”, according to MLB insider Jon Heyman.On Monday, the players made a counterproposal to an offer submitted by the owners on January 13. In their counterproposal, the players made significant movement in one of the core economic issues when they dropped their request for free agency sooner...
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As Matt Musico reported on MMO, MLB and the MLBPA are set to meet again Tuesday, following a session on Monday in which the players presented a counteroffer to a proposal the owners put forth on January 13. While the progress on Monday toward an agreement can generously be described as modest, some progress is better than no progress, especially with February 1, the date by which an agreement is...
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If you listen closely, you can hear the silence. Major League Baseball’s owners and its players have spoken just once (over Zoom) in the 53 days that have passed since the owners imposed the current lockout. Maybe more importantly, the silence is permeating the fans, as the baseball chatter normally ramping up at this point in the offseason has been reduced to a low simmer, essentially...
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