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Teams, players and fans should expect an MLB lockout after the 2026 season over a salary cap dispute when the CBA expires at 11:59 p. m. Dec.
1, 2026.
LAKELAND, FL – Major League Baseball players should expect a lockout when the collective bargaining agreement expires at 11:59 p. m. Dec.
1, 2026, according to MLB Players Association interim executive director Bruce Meyer . It's the message he sent upon meeting with players from the Detroit Tigers on March 1 at TigerTown in Lakeland, Florida, during spring training. One of those players: Two-time American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, a soon-to-be free agent who has become a leading voice in the union as a member of the MLBPA's eight-player executive subcommittee .
What are the chances of a lockout? "Almost guaranteed," Meyer told the Free Press on March 1 at TigerTown. WHAT SKUB THINKS: Tarik Skubal: New MLBPA leader Bruce Meyer has 'my respect for life' Meyer, 64, was elected Feb.