Representatives for the Major League Baseball Players’ Association gathered with MLB executives on Saturday to hear the owners’ latest proposal for a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Contrary to Commissioner Rob Manfred’s claims in his Thursday press conference, the proposals were not substantially different from their last offer, moving the two sides no closer to an agreement than they were months ago.
While not surprising at this point, the lack of progress was particularly irritating after the commissioner’s comments on Thursday. Manfred emphasized that the loss of major league games would be “disastrous” and refused to concede that spring training would be delayed.