MLB, Union Bargain For 16 1/2 Hours, Recess Until Morning
Mar 9, 2022, 9:52 AM
HICAGO, ILLINOIS - JULY 11: A baseball seen in the left field bleachers as the Chicago Cubs take batting practice during a summer workout at Wrigley Field during a Chicago Cubs summer workout on July 11, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.
NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out players and Major League Baseball spent 16 1/2 hours bargaining, then recessed talks until Wednesday morning as Commissioner Rob Manfred let his deadline to reach a deal preserving a 162-game season pass.
Ownership source on MLB offer: “I never thought they’d get to these levels.” Sure, consider source, but MLB is at $230M luxury threshold, $700K minimum pay, $40M bonus pool in 2022. Not long ago MLB was at $214M CBT (w/huge penalties), $605K min. bonus is new (good player idea)
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) March 9, 2022
Shortly after 3 a.m. on the 98th day of the lockout, MLB said no additional games had been canceled and talks will continue. MLB made moves toward players on the key economic issues of the luxury tax, the amount of a new bonus pool for pre-arbitration-eligible players and minimum salaries.
The league also pushed for its long-held goal of an international amateur draft.
