MLB owners reveal new details of salary cap proposal that all but guarantee a lockout this December

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We're halfway through the 2026 Major League Baseball regular season, and hopefully fans are enjoying it, because it might be the last baseball they see for a while. And it's partially their own fault.

The collective bargaining agreement between the league's owners and the MLB Players Association expires at the beginning of December, and negotiations are expected to be contentious. In fact, the two sides have already exchanged preliminary proposals and based on the response from both sides, they are very far apart. And not moving closer.

MLB's official account on X posted Thursday afternoon about their proposal to reconstruct the structure of the league in order to make owners more money, and predictably, the players aren't happy about it.

In a remarkable combination of inaccurate weaponized propaganda, the post claims that "Ultimately the game is about hope," which is both nonsense and inaccurate. "Too many fans in too many markets have too little hope their team has a fair chance to win," it continues.

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"Fans overwhelmingly support a salary cap and floor like in the other leagues because they don't believe a $446 million spending gap from top to bottom is a fair fight," the post reads. With the "fans" portion of the sentence purposefully in bold.

"Our proposal levels the playing field while sharing baseball revenue with the players 50/50 as we grow the game together. Further, revenue from all local media will be centralized and shared equally, which will allow MLB to address local market blackouts. We look forward to working