MLB asked to tie an amateur draft lottery to expanding the playoffs from 10 to 14 teams.
The union also kept its proposal to limit optional assignments to five annually.
Teams added that a committee comprised of six management officials, two union and one umpire be allowed to make in-field rules changes with 45 days’ notice. Currently, management can only change rules with union consent or unilaterally with one year notice.
Owners still are proposing an international draft, which the union opposes.
After holding just six negotiating sessions on central economics from the start of the lockout through Feb. 19, the sides met for the sixth straight day at Roger Dean Stadium, the vacant spring training home of the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals.
Mets pitcher Max Scherzer and shortstop Francisco Lindor, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and free agent reliever Andrew Miller were among the players at the talks. Baseball’s ninth work stoppage, it first since 1995, was in its 87th day.
The sides arrived at noon, an hour earlier than every previous session this year, then caucused for nearly 2 1/2 hours. The union held a Zoom session for its player representatives, about 30, which has been its deliberative method.
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