Major League Baseball
NEW YORK, NY (WSAU) — A tentative agreement has been reached between Major League Baseball’s players and owners on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, lifting the 100-day old lockout and opening the door for Spring Training to start.
BREAKING: Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor deal, sources tell ESPN. While it still needs to be ratified by both parties, that is expected to be a formality, and when it is:
Baseball is back.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 10, 2022
The deal comes less than 24 hours after Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the “removal” of more games from the 2022 regular-season schedule as the sides did not reach an agreement by Wednesday night. However, reports indicate that a 162-game regular season is part of the agreement with Opening Day penciled in for April 7th, the addition of three days to the end of the regular season, and nine-inning doubleheaders added to the schedule to make up the difference.
Around 180 games had been canceled or removed from the schedule as the lockout lingered, and will now be made up as part of a re-worked schedule.
ESPN reports that the 30 player reps and eight-man executive subcommittee voted 26-12 to approve the new deal.
More on this story to come later this afternoon.
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