MLB's 2027 season threatened with lockout as labor deal expires Dec. 1

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorBaseball could go dark. The labor deal runs out at eleven fifty-nine p. m.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorEastern on December first, and the league is expected to lock players out the next day.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA lockout. So it's a door situation.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's a door, and the owners hold the key.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThey want a salary cap of two hundred forty-five point three million dollars, with a floor of one hundred seventy-one point two million.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA cap is just a ceiling with a floor attached. It's very supportive.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorPlayers say it would cap free agents at two hundred sixty-five million over six seasons, and they call that a charade.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorCommissioner Rob Manfred says small-market clubs need it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDid he say anything about the deadline?

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe did. Quote, "I am not, by nature or sort of intellect, a deadline bargainer."

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, I'm telling you, I bet that's the guy who has the lockout ready for the second.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRex, I think he's just saying the deadline isn't where the real work happens, which is a very reasonable position for a man whose work starts the day after.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat's the best point you've ever made about any sport.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe said he's not a deadline bargainer. He's a day-after bargainer, Rex, and that's very organized.