MLB, MLBPA reach labor agreement - Everything you need to know as lockout ends

The MLB lockout is over.

It took more than three months — and multiple deadlines for delaying the regular season — before Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association ended their stalemate and came to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.

So how did finally reaching a deal go down? When can free agents start signing again? When will players report to camp? In the end, what did all of this mess mean, anyway?

ESPN baseball experts Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Buster Olney, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield break down what was accomplished — and what comes next.

Urgency created movement. The union did not panic when the league created a deadline on Feb. 28. A week and a half later, it ended up with both a better offer and increased urgency as the calendar pages fell away and there would be a point where playing 162 games — and getting paid for it — would be in real jeopardy. It turns out this was what was needed after months of stalled negotiations. The union's calmness in the face of the «deadlines» proved fruitful. — Jesse Rogers

What to know and what's next?

Opening Day moves to April 7 and a full 162-game schedule will be played

Spring training camps open with a March 11 voluntary report date and March 13 mandatory date

Spring training games start March 17

Free agency to begin immediately once CBA is ratified

Playoffs expand to 12 teams, beginning this season

The National League adopts the designated hitter starting this season

CBT expected to begin at $230 million and grow to $244 million

What is the biggest change for the sport in the new CBA?

David Schoenfield: Let's not overthink this: The biggest change is two additional playoff teams, meaning 12 of the 30 teams will reach the