CBS Sports | Mike Axisa: As we ring in 2022, we ring in an important year for Major League Baseball. Atop the list is the negotiations for the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, as how the league and players’ union resolves the issues on the competitive balance tax, revenue sharing, service time manipulation, free agency, and expanded playoffs could redefine how professional baseball runs in the United States and Canada. The labor dispute is not the only thing that could change baseball, as the uncertain status of the Athletics’ and Rays’ ballparks, growing prevalence in streaming services in sports, and the league’s insistence on continually altering the baseball itself remain prominent issues throughout the sports world.
Around the Empire: Yankees news - 1/1/22
