There will not be a lockout. There probably never was going to be a lockout, considering that baseball is healthy and financially strong, and that the owners weren’t exactly trying to shove a salary cap down the players’ throats. But the new Collective Bargaining Agreement is here, and it means five years of labor peace in baseball.
It doesn’t necessarily mean good things for the Giants, though. Not at first.
Reuben explained last month how the Giants were on hold in the offseason because of the CBA. They don’t want to go into a luxury-tax penalty for a third straight year, when the penalties really start to get draconian.