Will there be a 2022 season?

[Deja Doh]

With 3 months until opening day, the lockout continues.

[notin]

With 3 months until opening day, the lockout continues.

Yes, Virginia, there will be an MLB season.

The lockout is likely to continue well into January and possibly even February, but both sides stand to realize that a missed season is the worst possible outcome for everyone…

[moonslav59]

Close to 99% there will be games by May 1st.

[A Red Sox fan named Hugh]

The only real leverage the players have is to threaten the season, I think no one wants a repeat of 1994 but it's not going to be real enough to get the owners to the bargaining table until that becomes a reality.

I think we hear nothing for 8-10 more weeks and then talks heat up and a deal gets done. Be prepared for a LONG winter.

[a700hitter]

It’s amazing how the people who profit lucratively from a sport that sells itself can manage to ruin the business end of things.

[mvp 78]

With 3 months until opening day, the lockout continues.

Yes, lockout will end in Feb/March. Opening Day won't be impacted.

[mvp 78]

It’s amazing how the people who profit lucratively from a sport that sells itself can manage to ruin the business end of things.

It's an ego thing. Most of the owners are financially independent from the MLB team and don't have to worry about that income. It's just a plaything.

[mvp 78]

The only real leverage the players have is to threaten the season, I think no one wants a repeat of 1994 but it's not going to be real enough to get the owners to the bargaining table until that becomes a reality.

I think we hear nothing for 8-10 more weeks and then talks heat up and a deal gets done. Be prepared for a LONG winter.

Players have not threatened the season though. The owners initiated the lockout. There was no reason for doing so. They could have written up a one page amendment that would have MLB continuing under the old CBA for a certain time until the new CBA is agreed upon.

[oldtimer]

The only real leverage the players have is to threaten the season, I think no one wants a repeat of 1994 but it's not going to be real enough to get the owners to the bargaining table until that becomes a reality.

I think we hear nothing for 8-10 more weeks and then talks heat up and a deal gets done. Be prepared for a LONG winter.

The owners are in a position to take the long view over the entire period of the CBA, where the players begin to hurt when their pay checks are not forthcoming. I doubt if the season begins on time with more of a May or June start after a protracted dispute period.

The top end players are doing incredibly well financially these days, its the new and marginal players that should be looking for concessions. Boosting the minimum salaries, finding ways around holding ready players back to delay arbitration eligibility are two things the union should pursue. Usually, when you bargain for something, you should be willing to cede some other point. The question will be how flexible will each side be in the negotiations.

Some on the site are blatantly anti-owner, but both sides are capable of helping to settle this for the good of the fans and the sport.

[dgalehouse]

All I know is if I had a business , I would definitely not look to MLB as the model of how to run it. And I absolutely would not hire Rob Manfred.

[notin]

Players have not threatened the season though. The owners initiated the lockout. There was no reason for doing so. They could have written up a one page amendment that would have MLB continuing under the old CBA for a certain time until the new CBA is agreed upon.

And the lockout just seemed like a dumb maneuver to me, since they already had the upper hand and that would have continued under any slightly modified CBA..

[mvp 78]

And the lockout just seemed like a dumb maneuver to me, since they already had the upper hand and that would have continued under any slightly modified CBA..

100 million percent.

[Kimmi]

There will be a season and it will start on time.

In the meantime, what a boring offseason.

[notin]

There will be a season and it will start on time.

In the meantime, what a boring offseason.

We haven’t had an exciting off-season in years…

[mvp 78]

We haven’t had an exciting off-season in years…

"We" as in Sox fans, sure. However, I think some other teams have had some fun offseasons recently.