lockout

MLB: Rob Manfred discusses the possibility of a Major League lockout

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The current collective agreement expires in less than two weeks, with the possibility of an off-season freeze looming. If no new deal is reached when the current one ends at 11:59 pm EST on December 1, the general expectation within the industry is that owners will block players, which will result in a ban on … Read more

Why MLB seems headed for a lockout and how that will create a frenzy among free agents

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CARLSBAD, California – Here in paradise, a place where the sun shines every available hour, a blanket of darkness was omnipresent this week. Almost all substantive conversations at Major League Baseball managers meetings concerned, or, very often, focused on the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement on December 1, which would be followed by a … Read more