Despite Vitriol, MLB Owners, Locked-Out Players Closing Gap
Mar 7, 2022, 4:46 PM
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 10: Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred answers questions during an MLB owner's meeting at the Waldorf Astoria on February 10, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Manfred addressed the ongoing lockout of players, which owners put in place after the league's collective bargaining agreement ended on December 1, 2021.
NEW YORK (AP) — For all the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining agreement.
NY #Yankees president Randy Levine echoes the sentiments by everyone when asked by @RealMichaelKay if there's any chance the entire #MLB season could be wiped out: "That’s a mind-boggling horrid, horrid thought. Shame on all of us if that ever gets to that, shame on all of us.''
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 7, 2022
With the lockout in its 96th day, the sides remained apart to various degrees on three of the most significant items: the luxury tax, pre-arbitration bonus pool and minimum salary.
Openers on March 31 were among 91 games already canceled, and Commissioner Rob Manfred appeared to be on the verge of calling off more.
