MLB, Etihad end 17-hour negotiating marathon with no deal

For the second Tuesday in a row, MLB and the Players’ League had a long day negotiating – and ended up with no deal.

With MLB . Insurance In the fourth month, owners have given players another deadline on Tuesday to try to keep the 162-game schedule — after initially saying last week that the first two series of the season had been cancelled.

But after 17 hours of negotiations that began on Tuesday morning and continued into early Wednesday morning, a league official said the league had asked for time for its executive board to review MLB’s latest proposal and said it would respond Wednesday morning.

Previously, MLB . threatened Another week of missed matches During the regular season if no agreement is reached Tuesday, but talks will continue Wednesday without additional cancellations.

Top negotiators from both sides met several times downtown to try to work out an agreement, with the two sides facing several key areas, including the competitive balance tax, the pre-arbitration pool, and minimum wages.

Progress was made late Monday, when MLB raised its proposal for a first-tier CBT from $220 million to $228 million, still short of the union’s $238 million request.

They came close on Tuesday, as the league proposed a deal that includes a threshold starting at $230 million, which would rise to $242 million, a source confirmed after figures first reported by The Athletic.

Players were at $238 million to start, with the bottom line moving to $263 million for the duration of the deal.

The MLB also wants a fourth degree of punishment when it comes to CBT, hoping to curtail what the league calls “unbridled spending.”

The association is also interested in submitting an international draft, as long as the association considered it a non-starter.

The owners also increased their bid for the pre-arbitration pool to $40 million per season, which is still less than the $80 million the players sought. The minimum salary in the owner’s offer will rise from $700,000 next season to $770,000 by the end of the balance sheet act.

The talks came a week after the two sides met for more than 16 hours in Jupiter, Florida, only to see them crumble and lead to more animosity between the two sides that continued over the weekend.

Since Monday, though, there’s been a more conciliatory tone in the discussions with the show’s Final Moments for an entire season.