The train will stay on the tracks as Major League Baseball and the MLBPA reached a new CBA last night in Dallas.
An agreement of this scale is thick, clunky, and complicated. The fine details — especially when financial terms are involved — can run very deep, but some immediate impacts on the game are already clear.
New compensation system
Gone is the qualifying offer system — though it will still be honoured this offseason as those decisions have already been made.
Instead, the two sides have agreed to a more complex system.