For the first time, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association made some noticeable progress. According to multiple reports, they are nearing an agreement on the draft order/lottery, though it is not yet finalized.
On Friday MLB made a proposal on the draft, the players countered, and from there they went back and forth a few times, per The Athletic’s Evan Drellich. At the moment, it’s unclear what the specific draft-lottery structure would look like upon agreement. Previously, the league has proposed a lottery for the first four picks; the union has asked for seven.