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“Free agent frenzy possible ahead of lockout Baseball’s five-year labor contract, agreed to in March 2022 on the 99th day of a management lockout, expires on Dec. 1.”

“Back in the early winter of 2021, when the MLBPA and the owners already didn’t agree on the salary structure of the time — but not to the extent that’s true now — a handful of teams still spent freely.”

“The Blue Jays have no idea what the economic landscape of Major League Baseball will look like whenever the current labour dispute with the players’ union comes to an end.”

“Back in March, as the first pitches were being thrown and as the first hot dogs were just being unwrapped, the 2026 Major League Baseball season started under the assumption that it would be the final one before contentious labor negotiations in the winter.”

“Milwaukee, which won the National League pennant with a four-game sweep of the Dodgers, had MLB’s 19th-highest payroll as of Aug. 31, while Tampa Bay was 25th and Cleveland 30th.”

“Mixed record of presidents, in office and out, settling baseball labor disputes Whatever Trump’s views are on the labor issues that threaten MLB’s 2027 season, legally, the president can’t force either side to do anything.”

“Instead, they guard their game balls because of the intense labor required to make them playable.”