As expected, the owners voted unanimously last night to lock out the players once the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on December 1, 2021. This is the first work stoppage since the 1994-95 strike that resulted in the 1994 World Series being canceled.
In the interest of clarity, while some folks may refer to this as a “strike,” it is not — a strike and a lockout are two different things. A strike is when the players stop working in order to get a new agreement in place. A lockout is when the owners refuse to engage with any activity with the players.