Reported by Yahoo Sports
The San Diego Padres as well as the rest of the teams in Major League Baseball are on the clock. With the current Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire Dec. 1, there is a limited window in which MLB clubs can work to improve their teams before owners and players cease to communicate. There have been offers and responses volleyed back and forth from both sides, but the communication between MLB and the MLB Players Association seemed more performative than actually working to get something done. These communications have led many fans and baseball writers to assume a lockout will occur as soon as the current CBA expires, which puts a halt to the normal offseason work that must be done.
