Overview
- Owners have formally offered a delayed hard salary cap to start in 2028 with a proposed ceiling of $258.2 million and a floor of $180.2 million, and they published team-by-team payroll impacts.
- The MLB Players Association rejects a salary cap as the central sticking point in talks, saying it would lower player earnings and weaken guaranteed-contract protections.
- Major League general managers meet in Las Vegas this week, using the GM meetings starting Monday as a last window to complete trades and signings before transactions would freeze.
- If negotiators do not reach a new CBA by the Dec. 1 expiration, owners are expected to lock out players immediately after the deadline, which would freeze roster moves and likely delay on-field work.
- Analysts warn a lockout could force front-office layoffs, furlough seasonal Spring Training workers and compress or cancel exhibition schedules—echoing job and schedule disruptions seen during the 2021–22 stoppage.