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A look at MLB’s offseason calendar: Free agents, awards, Rule 5 draft, non-tenders, arbitration and more

Congratulations to the Atlanta Braves on winning the 2021 World Series, the first championship for the franchise since 1995.

Baseball now heads into an uncertain winter, with the MLB/MLBPA collective-bargaining agreement scheduled to expire December 1. As of now, there’s no word on any new agreement or even a road to a deal. It’s entirely possible that owners and players decide to kick the can down the road and play another year under the current deal to give themselves more time to hammer out a new one, but as of now that’s undetermined.

In any case, baseball will (presumably) return next spring.