Major League Baseball is back.
The MLB Players Association has agreed on a 26-12 vote to approve the final proposal after 99 days of locked out negotiations, and now awaits an expected mere formality of receiving 23 of 30 votes from MLB’s owners. The details of the deal will be included and updated below, however a few key particulars will be outlined in bullet points below:
- The season will be 162 games, with the regular season extended three days further into October, as well as scheduled nine-inning doubleheaders to fit in the games from the season’s first week
- Opening Day will be April 7th, functionally pushed back a single week.