After months of acrimony and little progress, MLB owners and the MLBPA union finally agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement late last week. While the most basic result is simply that we finally have major league baseball again, with a wild combination of free agency, spring training, and logistical madness, there are plenty of changes to the rules that should be interesting to watch play out. In any agreement of this scale, their are intentions on both sides, and unintended consequences as well. We think we know the likely results as intended, but a whole host of issues around the periphery will bear watching this season.
How new CBA rules will impact the game in 2022
