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Well, to start with, they locked the players out...

They could still be playing under the old CBA and just continued negotiating.
But have you seen the owners proposals? They are an absolute joke, and they are not in good faith at all. Their salary increases and luxury tax increases really don't even keep up with inflation. Player pay has already decreased for four years in a row. Then the owners want to increase the playoffs (that's pure profit for the owners), and they offer to increase the luxury tax threshold by $1M per year? It's a joke. The owners are looking to break the union, and they are willing to sacrifice the season to do it.

Jeff Passan had a good summary yesterday.

MLB had record profits in 2019. The Braves (the only team other than Toronto with open books since they are part of a public company) made over $100M last year even with the pandemic.

(In response to this post by HOKIERIT)

Link: Passan

Posted: 03/01/2022 at 6:01PM

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Well, to start with, they locked the players out...

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