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Will there be a full 2022 baseball season?
MLB and the MLB Players Association have settled on a tentative collective bargaining agreement, ending over three months of an owner-implemented lockout.
Baseball fans can finally heave a sigh of relief.
After over three months of an owner-implemented lockout, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have settled on a tentative collective bargaining agreement pending ratification.
Both sides still need to sign a memorandum of understanding, which would make the CBA official. The collective bargaining agreement will be in place for five years.
End of the MLB lockout
The lockout ended a day shy of its 100th day, and it was the first in MLB history that jeopardized the regular season.
The union’s executive board voted 26-12 to approve the proposal, which will also trigger a rapid-fire round of free agency.
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With the new deal, the 2022 regular season will begin with Opening Day on April 7, while spring training camps will start in Florida and Arizona on Sunday.
The agreement restores the four series that Commissioner Rob Manfred previously cancelled; and, most importantly for baseball fans, a full 162-game season will be held. The games that had to be postponed will be reset as nine-inning doubleheaders.