Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association met face-to-face at the union’s office Monday afternoon. Those attending the meeting on MLB’s side per The Athletic’s Evan Drellich included deputy commissioner Dan Halem, labor committee chair and Rockies owner Dick Monfort, executive Vice President Morgan Sword and counsel Patrick Houlihan.
The meeting lasted for just over two hours per the Washington Post’s Chelsea Janes. Drellich also reports that the union dropped its request to introduce an age-based free agency system at Monday’s meeting. That had been one of the areas that the league had shown resistance in changing.