The Latest Breaking News from CBA

Today is a great day. I’m listening to “Take It Easy” as I begin this newsletter, temperatures in Brooklyn are in the 50s, and all of us get to look forward to some baseball. This paragraph is the last in which I’ll mention the lockout in this introduction section. You…

Forget the boring labor stuff, this is what matters to baseball fans.

MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new CBA that changed the conversation about the game with dizzying speed.

MLB’s structural problems won’t go away with the new CBA. Fixing them will require a much longer fight.

MLB and the players association reportedly reached a tentative agreement on a new CBA on Thursday.

On the 99th day of the lockout, the two sides have finally agreed to start the 2022 regular season on April 7.

The National Australia Bank monthly business survey showed both confidence and conditions rose in February as the impact of Omicron receded.

MLB wants to restrict shifts and implement a pitch clock. The players want to further raise the CBT. Let’s make a deal.

The Competitive Balance Tax (CBT), better known as the luxury tax, is a sticking point in the ongoing labor negotiations between Major League Baseball and the Players Association. The CBT is said to be the major hot-button topic blocking both parties from reaching a deal on a new Collective Bargaining…

Mike Trout went directly for Rob Manfred. Wow.

Trout: “We need to get this CBA right.”