Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage and allowing them to return to spring training.
Negotiators for locked-out players and Major League Baseball spent 16 1/2 hours bargaining, then recessed talks until Wednesday morning as Commissioner Rob Manfred let his deadline to reach a deal preserving a 162-game season pass.
Major League Baseball has extended its self-imposed deadline to save Opening Day until 5pm on Tuesday after a marathon of 13 bargaining sessions over 16 1/2 hours produced some progress.