Getty Images Along with the help of Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, the MLB owners decided to lock the MLBPA out on December 1, when the previous collective bargaining agreement expired. They didn’t have to do this, legally, but Manfred in a letter said it was a “defensive” lockout. There are plenty of issues for the two sides to work out before a new deal is in place, but the biggest items are money and competitiveness. That is, the MLBPA wants younger players to make more money, as the majority of players never even get to free agency, and for teams to stop tanking. Calling these “core economic” issues, The Athletic reports these won’t be discussed by either side until after the turn of the New Year. A union source said Wednesday that since the sides met in Texas in the days leading up to the lockout, the union hasn’t heard from the league on any key economic issues. Now, the union hasn’t reached out on those issues either. But the MLBPA’s lead negotiator, Bruce Meyer, made clear when the lockout started the union felt it was incumbent on MLB to issue the next counterproposal. Reasonable minds can disagree… Read full this story
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