Baseball is finally back, with the players and league agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday and transactions opening up, well, immediately. But before we start going over players changing teams and all of that fun stuff, it’s worth digging in to the agreement itself and seeing how, if at all, it will affect the Red Sox. I should note that this is not a comprehensive list as more and more is coming out about the CBA, but these seem to be the main takeaways of what we know so far.
- The big sticking point throughout these talks always seemed to the be the competitive balance tax, probably better known to most as the luxury tax.