Last week, it was reported that MLB was going to submit new proposals to the MLBPA in the next two weeks.
Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, the two parties will meet this Thursday to discuss the “core-economics” of a new CBA.
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association plan to hold a bargaining session Thursday, sources tell ESPN. MLB is expected to make a core-economics proposal at the session, which would be the first between the sides since the league locked out the players on Dec. 2.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 11, 2022
Baseball fans have been starving for any news of positive movement towards a new CBA. As Passan mentions, the last time MLB and the MLBPA were in the same room was December 2nd.
On January 3rd, it was reported that the two parties didn’t even have a date in the books.
MLB and MLBPA will need to come to agreement before February 15th if spring training is to begin on time.
Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither will this new CBA. From the luxury tax threshold to playoff expansion, MLB and the MLBPA have a litany of issues they’ll need to agree on. This is hopefully the first of many January meetings between the two.
Thursday is a step in the right direction.
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