Reports: MLB, players association reach agreement, lockout to end on day 99
The MLB Players Association on Thursday voted to accept Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season, according to several news reports. Once this is approved by team owners, which is said to be a formality at this point, the lockout will be over on day 99.
ESPN was the first to report the tentative agreement.
The union’s executive board approved the agreement in a 26-12 vote, pending ratification by all players, a person familiar with the balloting told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no announcement was authorized.
MLB sent the players an offer Thursday and gave them until 1 p.m. Arizona time to accept in order to play a full season. The union announced the player vote around 1:25 p.m. The deal was still pending approval by MLB’s owners.
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