NEW YORK — Negotiators for locked-out players and Major League representatives held negotiating sessions on Tuesday that stretched into the evening ahead of a deadline set by Commissioner Rob Manfred to come to a deal that would preserve a 162-game season.
Chief union negotiator Bruce Meyer and General Counsel Ian Penny led a negotiating team that left the Major League Baseball office shortly after 11 a.m. and returned to the Players Association office, about three blocks away. houses.
Shortly after 2 p.m., Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem, Executive Vice President Morgan Sword and Senior Vice President Pat Houlihan went to the association’s office.
The parties continued their conversation by telephone later in the day.
On the 97th day of baseball’s second-longest labor dispute, the teams met in person for the third day in a row.
For the moment, it is not clear if this phase of intensive negotiation can lead to an agreement or result in another rupture of the negotiations. Clans have held crosshatch dialogues in the past year.
MLB informed the union that Tuesday was the last possible day to reach an agreement that would allow for a 162-game schedule, as well as full pay and time on duty, a deadline first reported by The Athletic.
The luxury tax, the amount of bonuses reserved for players not eligible for salary arbitration and the minimum wage are among the main sticking points.
