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MLB warns teams not to send holiday cards to players during potential lockout

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Arnold, C. (2026, October 8). MLB warns teams not to send holiday cards to players during potential lockout. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/08/sports/mlb-warns-teams-not-to-send-holiday-cards-to-players-during-potential-lockout/

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Major League Baseball has warned teams against sending holiday cards or gifts to players after December 2, should a labor lockout begin. The league’s executive Dan Halem outlined this directive along with other restrictions in a memo obtained by The Athletic, emphasizing that such actions would be impermissible during the anticipated lockout period following the collective bargaining agreement's expiration on December 1.

Written by AI on 2026-10-09, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On Thursday, Major League Baseball (MLB) made several proposals to the MLB Players Association, including shortening the regular season to 154 games and extending the division series from best-of-five to best-of-seven. In anticipation of a potential lockout starting on December 2nd, MLB executive Dan Halem issued a memo advising teams not to send holiday cards or gifts to players during this period. The memo outlines that any such gestures must occur before December 2 to avoid violating labor rules during the stoppage. Additionally, the league instructed team staff to maintain professional boundaries when encountering players in public and at private events like weddings. These guidelines aim to minimize interactions between teams and players during a potential lockout, affecting how clubs can support their players during the holiday season.

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MLB teams looking to get into the spirit of the season with their players need to do so before Dec. 2, otherwise, the league is telling teams they should avoid sending holiday cards once the lockout begins. asserted

lockout → look → cards

While the playoffs are in full swing, the likely lockout has cast a cloud over the MLB postseason, with Major League Baseball executive Dan Halem issuing a 34-page memo to owners and high-level team execs explaining how they should act during a labor stoppage. asserted

they → cast → stoppage

And, according to the memo obtained by The Athletic, holiday cards are a no-no. uncertain

cards → accord → Athletic

“Sending Players holiday cards or gifts would not be permissible during a Lockout,” Halem wrote in the memo. asserted

Halem → send → memo

“Clubs could send holiday cards or gifts to players prior to Dec. 2.” uncertain

Clubs → send → Dec.

Among the items Halem outlined in the memo was how MLB’s digital arm would create alternate club websites that scrub any trace of the players’ likeness, though teams will still be able to sell merch with players’ names and images on them. asserted

teams → outline → them

It also says that team staffers can attend players’ weddings that they have been invited to, but they cannot discuss business and if a club official runs into a player in public, they “should be cordial.” asserted

they → say → public

The MLB collective bargaining agreement expires on Dec. 1 at 11:59 p.m. Halem did write in the memo that the league’s “commitment has been and remains to exhaust every realistic option to achieve our goal of reaching an agreement with the Players Association. asserted

commitment → expire → Association

On Thursday, MLB made several proposals to the MLB Players Association, which included shortening the regular season to 154 games, extending the division series from best-of-five to best-of-seven and allowing the higher-seeded teams in the wild-card and divisional rounds to select their opponent. asserted

teams → make → opponent

However, all of that would be contingent on the players agreeing to a salary cap. asserted

players → agree → cap

The MLBPA called the proposed changes “anti-player” as the league “once again made clear that all of its proposals are contingent on players’ agreement to a salary cap, a system that guts player rights and compensation, as well as its other anti-player proposals.” asserted

that → call → rights

An MLBPA statement added: “Players will weigh in on these proposals and we will respond at the bargaining table.” asserted

we → add → table

MLB warns teams not to send holiday cards to players during potential lockout

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