Lockout Finally Ending?- Deal Between MLB and Players “As Good as Done”

Published 01/27/2022, 8:53 AM EST

Even after 56 days of the lockout, there is no agreement between the owners and MLB Players’ Association. And the games of the upcoming season are most likely to be affected. Major League Baseball team owners on December 2 last year imposed a lockout after the Collective Bargaining Agreement between players and the owners expired.

However, this week, both sides have met a couple of times for a new agreement and if reports are true, then these talks were positive for both sides. But even they agree to a new CBA deal, still MLB will have to compromise with the spring training and several games too.

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Notably, these two meetings are a positive sign for the league, but both sides still have not discussed many key issues. As per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, MLB accepted to establish a pool of money for pre-arbitration players. But at a very lower amount than what the players’ association asked for.

According to Jeff Passan, “MLB is offering only $10 million in the pool while the players want $105 million. This money will be distributed to the top 30 pre-arbitration players based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and awards, such as the MVP and Cy Young Award.”

The league also offered to increase the minimum salary, but at a far below value what the union has asked for. The MLB Players’ Association wants to grant a minimum salary of $775,000 for the first-year players. But the league is offering to increase it to just $615,000 from $600,000.

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The recent meetings are definitely a positive sign for the upcoming season. And as per Alex Contreras, an insider of Merlins, the new deal between the players’ union and the owners is as good as done. And we might see the games from next month.

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Source from Yankees clubhouse tells me new deal is as good as done between players union and owners.
"Attorney's stretching it as long as possible to see more $$"
the good news is we WILL HAVE BASEBALL NEXT MONTH!@MLB
— Alex Contreras (@TheRealACoN) January 26, 2022

“Source from Yankees clubhouse tells me a new deal is as good as done between players union and owners. Attorney’s stretching it as long as possible to see more $$. The good news is we WILL HAVE BASEBALL NEXT MONTH,” he said.

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However, it is still unclear when the owners and players will reach a new CBA deal. But the players and owners are reportedly meeting again this week to discuss non-economic issues like game schedules, drug testing, international play, etc.

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Abhishek Kumar is an MLB author at EssentiallySports. After completing his Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Abhishek has been working in the media industry since two years. Before joining EssentiallySports, he previously worked at APN News as a sub-editor, where he has written articles on sports and politics.

Lockout Finally Ending?- Deal Between MLB and Players “As Good as Done”

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