Tuesday afternoon, after nine consecutive days of negotiations between the Players Association and the MLB, the meetings were broken off between the two camps, for lack of agreement. Everyone went home and the first two series of the season were canceled by the commissioner.
And there, everyone started to criticize each other publicly. It wasn’t exactly fantastic.
Players want to be paid full price and resume canceled matches
We do not seem at all close to witnessing an agreement between the players and the management of the MLB.
What is unfortunate in all of this is that everyone was (relatively) close to an agreement, but steps were taken following the players’ request to be paid 100% of their salary. – which is a legitimate request given the way the bosses negotiate.
I have the feeling that this will cause the bosses to back down on certain achievements and that, consequently, we are further from an agreement today than we were on the night of Monday to Tuesday.
This is one of my fears. My other big fear was to see the bosses and the players not negotiating quickly following this step back.
But fortunately, this is not the case. After seeing the two parties leave Jupiter, Florida, the two men in charge of negotiating for the MLB and the MLBPA will meet in New York today. It will be an informal meeting for two only.
There are plans for an informal one-on-one meeting between MLB’s Dan Halem and the MLBPA’s Bruce Meyer, the lead negotiators for both parties, in New York today, the first between the sides since the league canceled the first week of regular-season games on Tuesday afternoon.
—Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 3, 2022
The idea of seeing them meet today was circulating, but I still had my doubts. Luckily, it’s going to start over again in hopes of salvaging the rest of the 150+ games remaining on the schedule of the 30 Major League teams.
Don’t expect an agreement today, but if some progress is made, it will be over, right?
