No new proposals made as deadline day hits

*Photo from the Boston Globe*

   As the days keep going on and on, I really am starting to get sick of hearing the same things regarding the CBA negotiations. The days are pushing on and on with almost nothing positive to report, and Sunday's news is no different.

   While negotiations did extend for a long time on Sunday, one of the longest times so far this week, there were no formal proposals exchanged between the two sides. Instead, they largely met in their own camps, not having a big meeting. The only meeting was a one on one session with lead MLB negotiator Dan Halem and MLBPA lawyer Bruce Meyer.

   There were no proposals exchanged, and no big issues, or even small issues, were agreed upon between the two sides. According to multiple reporters in Florida on site of the meetings, there were largely discussions involving trade-offs in the negotiations, based off certain issues in the negotiations. People on the MLB side called the day productive, despite nothing being agreed to.

   As this post is being published, Monday's negotiations are still ongoing. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred got involved in negotiations with the players today, and there is reportedly no deal even close to imminent. Just in case you forgot, today was the deadline MLB set to have a new CBA deal in place in order for a full 162 game season to be played, with a certain amount of time needed for spring training before the season starts to avoid the higher risk of serious injuries to players.

   MLB has not come this close to losing regular season games since August of 2002, when the MLBPA was set to go on strike on August 30 at 3:20 PM, but after roughly 25 straight hours of negotiating, a deal was agreed to at the 11th hour. Players stand to lose $20.5 million in salary for each day of the regular season that is cancelled.

   This lockout is currently in it's 89th day, as opening day is pretty much a guarantee to be postponed at this point. Negotiations, to remind you readers, didn't even resume until late in January, after Rob Manfred said at the start of the lockout that he had hoped locking out the players would jumpstart talks. That has not happened, and baseball is hurting themselves right now. The future looks pretty bleak if I'm being completely honest.