Major League Baseball and the MLBPA could not reach a new collecting bargaining agreement before Dec. 2, leading to the sport's first work stoppage in 26 years. And it doesn't look like the current lockout is ending anytime soon.
MLB and the MLBPA have "not met since the collective-bargaining agreement expired at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1," per Sports Illustrated's Stephanie Apstein. There will reportedly be a conversation between MLB and union representatives on Thursday, though the meeting "is inconsequential enough that lead negotiators Dan Halem, of MLB, and Bruce Meyer, of the players’ association, are not expected to attend.