After 99 days of negotiations—ramping up mostly in the last few weeks—following the unilateral owners’ lockout at the end of the previous collective bargaining agreement, we appear to finally have a deal. With the newest MLB-set “deadline” of 3:00 PM EST, members of the player’s union voted on the latest counter-proposal from the league. The CBA passed by a final vote of 26-12. While the MLBPA’s executive subcommittee voted 8-0 against the league’s proposal, they were outvoted by their 30 player representatives 26-4.
Despite the league’s claims of the first two weeks of the season being cancelled for failure to meet their initially imposed deadlines, all 162 games of the 2022 season will be played.