MLB drops arbitration cuts after union holds on free agents

Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem arrives for a meeting in New York, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Negotiators for locked-out baseball players and management met in person for the first time since Dec. 1, the day before the start of the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995.Major League Baseball withdrew its plan for more limited salary arbitration on Tuesday, a day after the union withdrew its demand for greater free agent eligibility.

In the second straight day of talks aimed at an agreement to end a lockout that started Dec. 2, clubs also accepted the union’s framework to funnel additional money to pre-arbitration-eligible players from central revenue, offering a $10 million…