MLB and MLBPA reaches new collective bargaining agreement

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have reached a new collective bargaining agreement.

The 2022 regular season to begin on April 7.

After the MLBPA approved the deal by a 26-12 vote, the owners ratified it Thursday night with a unanimous 30-0 vote, officially bringing the three-month lockout to a close.

Exhibition games are tentatively scheduled to begin on March 18.