The Athletic reported yesterday that the most divisive issues include revenue sharing, number of years to free agency and arbitration. No one benefits from another late start to the season. Orioles pitchers and catchers don’t report to spring training until Feb. If there’s a positive element to an expiring CBA, and apparently no advances made on a new one, it’s that there’s lots of time to get it done. The non-roster guys can proceed as if everything is normal, working out with coaches at the minor league complex and preparing for their season. Only players on the 40-man are impacted by the evaporation of the collective bargaining agreement. No one is accustomed to smooth sailing, but the waters haven’t been this choppy in a long time. It’s possible that clubs will institute their own rules while navigating a situation that hasn’t occurred in 27 years. Team employees such as general managers, managers and coaches have been instructed to not talk about players on the 40-man roster. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweeted that owners voted unanimously to institute the lockout and it begins today.īusiness is supposed to be halted, including all transactions and free agency. Negotiations were shut down by the middle of the afternoon, with the sport expected to follow after midnight. The sides met multiple times again yesterday, Major League Baseball’s negotiating committee and representatives for the MLB Players Association engaging in face-to-face discussions that, according to various reports, lasted about as long as it takes to get through self-checkout at the grocery store.
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