In today’s Major League Baseball labor negotiation news: there is no deal, but there is another meeting.
The Monday meeting in Midtown between the league and the players’ union ended with the slight step forward of scheduling another meeting, according to multiple reports. The sides will reconvene on Tuesday, marking the first time in these negotiations that they’ve met two days in a row.
During negotiations on Monday, the players dropped their attempt for an age-based free agency system. This was designed to help players reach free agency and secure payment earlier than they do now. By current league rules, a player becomes a free agent after six years of service time. The players, according to The Athletic, had previously pitched an idea where players could become free agents after five years if they were 30.5 years old. That eventually came down to 29.5 before being rejected.
