If a lockout occurs, 60 games — roughly the end of May, by the expected MLB schedule — will bring perhaps the most crucial leverage point.

Breach Inlet Capital, one of the team's 20 largest shareholders, publicly proclaimed that now is the time to court bids or to go private.

The revenue split is a key point of contention in cap leagues like the NBA and NHL. MLB is just now grappling with the particulars.

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In Wednesday's bargaining session, the league and union talked about issues beyond the salary cap, with the union seeking changes.

The league would also raise the minimum salary, end deferred-money contracts, and shorten some players' time to free agency.

With bargaining resuming Thursday, will the league continue to hold back its most eye-catching proposals?

The annual event will be broadcast on Netflix for the first time next month, with the Derby taking place at Citizens Bank Park.

Even if the blackouts disappear, fans will still need multiple services to watch all of their favorite team's games.

Manfred questioned MLB's parity Wednesday, while acknowledging fears that a salary cap fight could rival the ugliness of the 1994-95 strike.

Most of these are hypotheticals — but we made some calls, and owners opening their books isn't a total fantasy due to ongoing labor talks.

That Sacramento is in the conversation reflects how much the area has grown over time. However, there are significant hurdles it must clear.

A lot of new money has come into baseball, including from private equity firms. For owners hoping to sell, a cap could boost team value.

Negotiations begin today between MLB and its players' union, the first step in a lengthy process expected to drag into early 2027.

What's the timetable? Who will be at the negotiating table? And why, if talks are starting soon, is Spring 2027 likely when it gets settled?

Lew Wolff, the most visible member of A's ownership from 2005-2015, is publishing a new book offering his views on events in that period.

The union’s financial disclosure was the first it has filed since the ouster of Tony Clark as executive director in February.

The NFL is king. But baseball's gains of late have changed the terms of its rivalry with the NBA over who is No. 2.

MLB is standing by its enforcement though one coach told The Athletic, "we’ve all been talking about how you’re constantly in danger."

We'll see Olympic baseball in L.A. But with MLB's schedule and future Olympic Games taking place elsewhere, will that continue beyond 2028?

For teams from the Americas, the World Baseball Classic is a double-jeopardy tournament. Lose too soon and you're out of the Olympics, too.

The WBC will be the only chance for the Americas teams to qualify for the six-team Olympic field at Dodger Stadium in 2028.

From free agency to guaranteed contracts to franchise values, a salary cap would completely remake the MLB landscape.

If President Trump wanted to exert influence over MLB, what avenues could he take?

It's believed that only the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets might remain in opposition to a salary cap proposal, a source said.

If it isn't sold, Main Street has told partner teams it plans to wind down FanDuel Sports Network operations after the NBA and NHL seasons.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred's recent comments on a salary cap system prompted a strong response from baseball's union.

Fans, media and industry officials often raise the deadline discussion when free agency goes slowly, as it has this winter.

Fans, media and industry officials often raise the deadline discussion when free agency goes slowly, as it has this winter.

The troubled broadcaster is trying to renegotiate its payments to nine MLB teams, and recently missed a payment to the St. Louis Cardinals.

MLB has worked to police player cell phone use, but the league loosened its cell phone rules in 2025 in response to concerns from players.

The winter meetings are MLB's annual showcase event. But labor issues may mean it does not return next winter.