After three months of lockout, MLB owners and players on Thursday agreed to the new CBA and ended the lockout for good of baseball. However, there still were disagreements among a few owners regarding the current collective bargaining agreement.
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Notably, not only players but the owners were also under a lot of pressure during the negotiations. The two sides had meetings for the past two weeks, but they couldn’t find a solution until Thursday.
Disagreements were from both sides. Sometimes owners rejected the union’s proposal, while the players’ union also declined a few proposals for the new CBA. But, this time on Thursday, after a three-month financial fight, the players finally got a deal. But again, a few owners were not glad about the deal. And they had also voted against the current CBA.
New York Yankees and New York Mets voted against the new CBA?
Though baseball fans and players are celebrating the end of the lockout in Major League Baseball, a few faces from baseball remain displeased with the current deal. Notably, the disagreements of owners have been a major reason behind the MLB lockout. That said, this time, only a few owners were against the deal, which was not enough to cause a major problem.
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While a total of 26 MLB owners were in favor of the new CBA, the owners of four MLB sides including, the New York Mets, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, and St. Kois Cardinals, voted against the new deal. Taking to Twitter, MLB insider Jon Heyman revealed the name of these four teams.
The four teams that voted no on MLB proposal: Mets, Yankees, Astros, Cardinals
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) March 10, 2022
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And according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the eight-members players’ executive subcommittee voted 8-0 in the favor of the new deal.
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Executive subcommittee voted 8-0 against deal and teams voted 26-4 in favor, sources tell @TheAthletic. Dissenting teams were NYM, NYY, HOU, STL. First with breakdown: @JonHeyman.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 10, 2022
“Executive subcommittee voted 8-0 against deal and teams voted 26-4 in favor. Dissenting teams were NYM, NYY, HOU, STL,” tweeted Ken Rosenthal.
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Though the majority was in favor of the deal, the four owners’ vote didn’t affect the new CBA. And the new season will kick off on April 7.
