On the day that the CBA expires, the final day to avoid the seemingly inevitable lockout by coming to an agreement, the ownership group walked into the hotel to negotiate with the MLBPA representatives...and left after seven minutes, as reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The Athletic’s Evan Drellich later reported that the league informed the MLBPA that negotiations are finished for Wednesday. The current CBA will expire at 11:59 p.m. ET tonight and the owners can lock out the players at midnight.
The MLBPA has been told negotiations are over for the day.