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The 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout was the ninth work stoppage in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. It began at 12:01 a.m. EST on December 2, 2021, after MLB owners voted unanimously to enact a lockout upon the expiration of the 2016 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players ...
Dec 4, 2021 · At 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, the document that governs baseball — the five-year collective bargaining agreement between the owners of the 30 Major League Baseball clubs and the players —...
- James Wagner
Mar 5, 2022 · Instead, MLB ownership announced on Tuesday that it will begin canceling regular season games due to a self-inflicted lockout for the first time in 27 years.
Nov 29, 2021 · Major League Baseball is shut down, and a quarter century of labor peace is over. The sport’s owners locked out the players at midnight entering Thursday, initiating baseball’s first work ...
- The Athletic Staff
- The deal took a scenic route. It took 99 days from the start of the lockout (Dec. 2) for a deal to get done, thus making this the longest lockout in league history, as well as the first to compromise the regular season.
- More money for younger players. One of the biggest goals the union had in these negotiations was to reward players who were in the early stages of their career.
- It's now a 12-team postseason. Since the creation of the Wild Card Game in 2012, 10 teams have made the postseason each year except the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
- There will be rule changes and uniform patches. That aforementioned 2020 season included the universal DH as well. Sure enough, this CBA will make that the new normal, creating 15 new starting jobs for players in the process.
Mar 10, 2022 · Major League Baseball's players and owners ended their most bitter money fight in a quarter-century Thursday when the players' association accepted management's offer to salvage a 162-game season...
Dec 2, 2021 · Is an MLB lockout coming? Will free agency freeze? Jeff Passan answers 20 burning questions
