A potentially long winter began just after midnight on Thursday, as Major League Baseball locked out its players, a move the Players Association called "drastic and unnecessary".
The lockout is baseball's first work stoppage since the 1994-95 strike. MLB and the Players Association held two meetings on Wednesday. The second session lasted only seven minutes.
All transactions involving players on 40-man rosters and other union members are not permitted until the next CBA is signed. Before the midnight expiration, however, the Red Sox made a couple additional deals. Jackie Bradley will be returning to Boston, as the Red Sox traded Hunter Renfroe to the Brewers for JBJ and two prospects.