MLB and the Players Association took another step closer to ending the lockout that has dragged on for more than three months when the two sides agreed to continue discussing the latest stumbling block — an international draft — until July 25, and have moved on to the rest of the collective bargaining agreement.
The next step on Thursday is for MLB to deliver a full CBA proposal to the MLBPA.
The international draft became a hotly contested issue on Wednesday, when the league told the players it needed to be resolved before they could resume talks on the remainder of the deal. The union fought back on this demand of agreeing to a draft for 2024 — in exchange for ending the qualifying offer — saying it hadn’t been on the table at other points in the negotiation.
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