With the current labor deal nearing its end, owners and players trade public warnings, and a potential lockout in 2027 moves back into focus.

MLB insider Bob Nightengale predicts MLB is headed full-steam ahead into a work stoppage in 2027 as owners and players remain split on a deal

The 2026 MLB season will unfold under a dark cloud, with a labor war looming that could impact decisions made by teams, players and fans.

Welcome aboard the only operating time machine in American sports media. As you read this, you are being throttled forward in time by roughly a year. ("Roughly" because the machine still has trouble with exact dates.) Soon, you will be on the lapsed side ...

Tony Clark, the executive director of the MLB Players Association, talks to reports before Game 1 of the 2025 World Series. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images) No matter how much anyone tries to diminish it, the word “lockout” is going ...

Nonetheless, the league can initiate a lockout, or the players a strike, at any point moving forward. According to WNBPA vice president Breanna Stewart, a strike is something players are holding “in their back pocket” rather than initiating a strike in wake of the deadline.

The New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays' final offers to Kyle Tucker before he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in free agency on Thursday reportedly has been revealed.