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The CBA negotiations are really a battle of billionaires vs. thousandaires — with a handful of millionaires thrown in

The CBA negotiations continue to stall despite MLB and the MLBPA meeting every day this week. There have been small movements by both sides, but as Jeff Passan noted on Thursday afternoon it’s glacially slow:

Meetings are done. Progress was minimal. There are four days left for MLB and the MLBPA to get a new labor deal or regular-season games are going to be canceled. They've had four days to move and there's been next to nothing -- just incremental. And that's that.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 24, 2022

There are a number of factors slowing the negotiations down.