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We have two MLB seasons remaining before the current collective bargaining agreement between players and owners expires Dec. 1, 2026.
And the question looming above the sport for player/owner negotiations beyond that date is: Should the sport have a salary cap?
MLB owners met last week in Palm Beach, Fla., and as Evan Drellich wrote in The Athletic, that was a key question considered by team owners at those meetings:
In a vacuum, all owners would likely back a salary cap for the cost control it provides.