Report: MLB, MLBPA schedule meeting
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association will meet on Sunday, sources told The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.
The union plans to offer a written response to all of the league's most recent proposals, Rosenthal adds.
The meeting will be the first formal conversation between the two sides since MLB commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series of the 2022 season on Tuesday.
The biggest sticking-point issues remaining are the competitive balance tax thresholds and a pre-arbitration bonus pool.
The players want the first CBT threshold set at $238 million in the first year of a new agreement, rising to $263 million in the fifth year, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. MLB proposed a starting threshold of $220 million, which would hold for three years before ending up at $230 million. The MLBPA also stands firm on a pre-arbitration bonus pool of $85 million, while the owners are holding at $30 million, per Passan.
Baseball's ongoing lockout has reached its 94th day after the previous collective bargaining agreement expired on Dec. 1.