MLB, Locked-Out Players Meet Again, No Sign Of Breakthrough
Mar 6, 2022, 1:40 PM
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. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
(Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and locked-out players resumed negotiations after a four-day break, talking for 95 minutes on the 95th day of the work stoppage with still no sign of a breakthrough.
Players suggested the sides meet again Monday. The union gave a written response to the owners’ latest proposal.
Very little progress again today in MLB labor talks:
The union keeps their same luxury tax and minimum salary thresholds, and drops the pre-arbitration pool to $80 million instead of $85 million.
The expanded postseason stays at 12 teams, which both sides agreed to in Florida.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 6, 2022
MLB negotiators left the meeting at the players’ association and said they would respond.
Trying to resolve baseball’s second-longest labor stoppage, the sides remain far apart on luxury tax, minimum salaries and the proposed bonus pool for pre-arbitration eligible players, and the union keeps rejecting management’s proposal for an international draft.
