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By Associated Press

MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season

Mar 10, 2022 | 3:11 PM

NEW YORK – Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a new labor deal.

That is expected to pave the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that will begin April 7.

The union’s executive board approved the agreement in a 26-12 vote, pending ratification by all players, a person familiar with the balloting said, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

A portion of a statement from the MLB reads as follows:

“The new five-year CBA is expected to include increased minimum salaries, a new pre-arbitration bonus pool to reward the top young players in the game, a raise in competitive balance tax thresholds, the introduction of a universal designated hitter, the widest-ranging Draft lottery in pro sports, a system to prevent alleged service-time manipulation, limits on the number of times a player can be optioned in a season and a 12-team postseason. There will also be the evaluation of an international Draft.”

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MLB sent the players an offer Thursday and gave them until 3 p.m. to accept in order to play a full season.

Owners planned to hold a ratification vote later in the day.

(The Associated Press)