LOS ANGELES -- Fear of a tense, prolonged fight over Major League Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement were only exacerbated when owners and players unveiled their initial proposals earlier ...

ESPN's Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel have set Tarik Skubal's chances of being traded before the deadline at 85%. And the two ...

A labor battle is officially brewing in Major League Baseball. And the Dodgers –– surprise, surprise –– are getting caught in the middle of the mayhem. Whether they like it or not, Shohei Ohtani and ...

The 2026 MLB CBA talks heat up as owners push a salary cap proposal that the MLBPA claims would cut player pay and eliminate ...

The MLB is experiencing a resurgence in the American zeitgeist, and former Cy Young winner turned broadcaster John Smoltz is issuing a major warning to the league as a potential work stoppage looms.

Breslow is in third season. His predecessors — Ben Cherington, Dave Dombrowski and Chaim Bloom — all were fired in their ...

Anyone holding out hope that MLB will completely avoid a work stoppage will not like what the players had to say in a new survey conducted by The Athletic's Sam Blum.

PHOENIX — With five months remaining until baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement expires, significant distance remains ...

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In recent years, the MLB has made various changes to the game on the field that have garnered some success. Things such as the pitch clock, limits to defensive shifting, ...

In separate polls of 101 anonymous MLB players and almost 8,500 fans conducted by The Athletic, an overwhelming majority of both groups indicated that they were bracing for a lockout before the 2027 ...

Owners want a salary cap, but there are fixes they can make without adding one.