MLB and the MLBPA plan to pick up talks on a new CBA Wednesday morning after nearly 17 hours of discussions produced enough progress toward a potential deal for the league to put off canceling another batch of regular-season games. More:
Other proposed deal points imbued hope around the game Tuesday that an agreement to save a 162-game season and prevent the parties from descending into even worse labor chaos would materialize. The league had proposed a six-team draft lottery, 12-team postseason and 45-day window for MLB to change on-field rules, all of which matched the union's previous offer.
The MLBPA has said if the league refuses to concede to full pay and service time, it will remove expanded playoffs -- a key to a new basic agreement for MLB -- from its proposal. With the sides long unable to agree on core economics issues, the potential subtraction of a vital gain for the league and an additional item to bargain for the union -- full service time is paramount -- would add even more difficulty to discussions.
Talks had ratcheted up Monday, when the league made a proposal that bridged the significant gap in the competitive-balance tax, a key issue as the urgency of the situation crested. Bargaining continued all day Tuesday on a new basic agreement, which governs almost all aspects of the game. • Restricting the number of times a player can be optioned to the minor leagues in one season to five
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