The Major League Baseball Players’ Association (MLBPA) has agreed with Major league baseball to advance the deadline for teams to tender contracts to players who are not yet eligible for free agency, mainly affecting players who are eligible for arbitration.
The tender deadline will be moved from December 2nd to November 30 at 8 p.m. eastern time. Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) will expire on December 1st at 11:59 p.m. The owners are expected to lockout the players and implement a transaction freeze on December 2nd.
The move will allow teams and players to know whether they will be getting a contract offer and heading toward arbitration- if there is arbitration in the new CBA- or whether they will become free agents.