Today mirrored the preceding three days in every meaningful way: group meetings, side meetings, very small movement by one side on lesser issues, and everyone leaves saying it was bad. Rinse, repeat, there is no reason to believe Monday’s deadline will not come and pass (as I believe many owners intended all along).
I’m not gonna say all the same shit day in and day out. Nothing has changed in the negotiations, and thus nothing has changed in my perspective, which you can read here, here, and here if you need a recent refresher. Nobody involved seems to give a rip about fans, so I’m gonna go ahead and allow myself an evening of turning my brain off from this bullcrap.
The various tweets of note, including the OWNERS – who started the lockout and then did nothing for six weeks, and have since made nothing but unreasonable offer after unreasonable offer – saying they are out of ideas:
MLB and MLBPA plan to meet again tomorrow, a 5th straight day. MLB did not react well to the players’ proposals today. Once again, like the three preceding days, today brought no substantive progress.
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) February 24, 2022
Meetings are done. Progress was minimal. There are four days left for MLB and the MLBPA to get a new labor deal or regular-season games are going to be canceled. They've had four days to move and there's been next to nothing — just incremental. And that's that.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 24, 2022
Source: Players upset w how far apart sides remain, adding that MLB negotiators told union they have run out of ideas and that owners are upset with players.
Players made two moves toward owners on draft order and service time manipulation.
Talks resume Friday.— Michael Silverman (@MikeSilvermanBB) February 24, 2022
The union moved a little towards the league on draft order and service time manipulation but the day ended early because the sides had nothing more to discuss, according to sources.
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) February 24, 2022