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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Tuesday that the league is canceling the first two series of the 2022 season following a failure to reach an agreement with the players on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. MLB had set a Feb. 28 deadline …
MLB players on Tuesday voted unanimously to reject the final proposal from the league’s owners for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, putting the start of the 2022 season in jeopardy. The league had set a Feb. 28 deadline to reach an …
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred accused the MLBPA of taking an attitude of “confrontation” with the league regarding Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. As of midnight on Thursday, Dec. 2, the league’s owners locked out the …
The MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement is set to expire on December 1, which means labor negotiations will be ongoing over the next several months. One report says representatives from MLB and the MLBPA met on Monday in Denver to discuss alterations …
The Major League Baseball Players Association voiced a willingness to play a season under its March agreement with MLB after rejecting the league’s latest proposal to play a 60-game pro-rated season. The MLBPA said it looks forward to …
As expected, MLB’s apparent final bid to play a season with a deal is not happening. As first reported by Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers of ESPN, 30 player representatives and eight members of the MLBPA executive voted on the league’s …
Progress on sorting out the MLB season continues to be delayed, this time by circumstances out of the union’s control. According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the MLBPA has elected to delay a vote on the latest owner proposal. The reason is …
MLB and the MLB players association seem to be closer to reaching an agreement for a shortened 2020 season. The league recently proposed a 60-game season for full prorated pay, while the union countered with a 70-game season. Some might figure the …
Another day gone by, another day of mud-slinging between MLB and the MLB Players Association. On Monday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred went back on his previous statement saying there “100 percent” would be a season this year to saying …
The Major League Baseball Players Association says they are done negotiating with MLB. The MLBPA sent a letter to the league on Saturday rejecting their latest proposal for a shortened season. In the letter, MLBPA director Tony Clark told the owners …
The MLB players union submitted a new counterproposal to MLB on Tuesday in the latest chapter of the negotiation between the sides to determine the economics for a 2020 season. The MLBPA is proposing: – 89-game regular season with full prorated …
The Major League Baseball Players Association waited several days to send a counter-proposal to the league’s owners, and now we know why: the players don’t feel they need much time to get ready to begin a season. According to information …
MLB and the MLB players association are negotiating to determine financial terms for a fan-less, shortened season, and we have some details about the proposals. MLB owners proposed a sliding scale of wage reductions, where those getting paid the most …
While the NBA and NHL seem on track for returns to action and the NFL seems to be going about things nearly business as usual, MLB continues to lag behind because of pay disputes. MLB and the players’ union met on Tuesday to discuss an economic …
Major League Baseball’s plan to start the 2020 season was approved by the sport’s owners on Monday, but it sounds like the players are going to be a different story. The league’s plan proposes a revenue sharing system that ties …
Major League Baseball has a long way toward returning in 2020, and there are clear issues that need to be sorted before it can. One developing issue appears to be that of player salaries. According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, there is increasing …
