The lockout is officially no more!
According to ESPN, the MLB Players’ Union has accepted the owners’ offer on a new collective bargaining agreement, officially ending the lockout.
The agreement comes after weeks of difficult negotiations that pushed the league to postpone Opening Day for a week. The league still has a plan to run its full 162-game schedule, but will need doubleheaders to compensate for the games missed in the first two weeks of the season.
With the lockout now over, the San Diego Padres’ 40-man roster will head over to Peoria, Arizona to begin Spring Training immediately and join the minor league players.