Report: MLB Makes Offer During Monday's Meeting

Monday marks seven days until the MLB regular season is postponed by the ongoing lockout. Given the gravity of that timeline, the MLB and MLBPA met in Jupiter, Florida on Monday for four hours.

The meeting failed to result in a new collective bargaining agreement, yet changes to proposals were made. According to Jeff Passan, the league increased its pre-arbitration pool offer from $15 million to $20 million.

The MLBPA is expected to counter tomorrow to MLB’s offer today, which included small moves on pre-arb bonus pool (from $15M to $20M) and draft lottery (from three picks to four). They’ll be back negotiating at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Plenty of time remains for a deal before Feb. 28.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 21, 2022

According to Evan Drellich, this $20 million would be given to 30 players, a far stretch from the player's proposal totaling $115 million for 150 players.

Meeting breaking up. Among MLB proposals today: MLB raised its prearbitration bonus pool $5 million, to $20 million. Still a very large gap compared to players’ proposal. MLB also proposed to allow one more draft pick to be determined by lottery, now top 4. Players had proposed 8
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) February 21, 2022

The league also raised the number of draft picks determined by a lottery system to four.

According to The Athletic's Evan Drellich, throughout the meeting, there was no revision of the league's proposal surrounding the competitive balance tax, a topic on the minds of both sides.

The two sides are set to meet again on Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 pm EST, with the clock ticking, it seems both sides are open to negotiating.

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