After many hours at the negotiating table — and many more hours spent tweeting about what was happening at said table — the MLB lockout is over, the Free Press can confirm.
Multiple reports suggest that the players voted in favor of the owners' latest proposal, 26-12, but that the union's eight-player executive board voted against the proposal.
The deal now needs to be ratified by the owners, which is expected.
Players on 40-man rosters are expected to head to spring training sites over the next week or so with spring training games beginning shortly thereafter.