For the first time, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association made some noticeable progress. According to multiple reports, they are nearing an agreement on the draft order/lottery, though it is not yet finalized.
On Friday MLB made a proposal on the draft, the players countered, and from there they went back and forth a few times, per The Athletic’s Evan Drellich. At the moment, it’s unclear what the specific draft-lottery structure would look like upon agreement. Previously, the league has proposed a lottery for the first four picks; the union has asked for seven.
Also worth noting, Rob Manfred showed up! He hadn’t attended bargaining sessions in months, Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post reports, but he was there today. He met one on one with MLB union chief Tony Clark, though it’s unknown what they discussed.
