MLB lock starts when CBA expires

Owners do not have to forcibly stop working, and in many types of labor negotiations, the parties continue to operate as usual without agreement. But in professional sports and baseball in particular, locks are more common, a practical measure in some ways (rule changes can affect trades, complicate things). for teams to make moves without agreements in place) and a tactic in others (lock is a drastic step that can be read as a warning, signaling that the owner has no plans plan to break the player’s claim without a fight).