MLB Lockout ends: Here's what you should know as players vote to accept new labor deal

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The 99-day MLB lockout has come to a close of March 10, according to the Associated Press, as players voted to accept the league's latest labor deal offer, thus salvaging a 162-game regular season.Read More: MLB, players reach agreement, paving way to end months-long lockoutNews of the lockout's end came from a person who spoke with the AP on condition of anonymity as no announcement was authorized.Here's what you should know about the situation.Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired, and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day.Teams decided to force the long-anticipated confrontation during an offseason rather than risk players walking out during the summer, as they did in 1994.

Players and owners had successfully reached four consecutive agreements without a work stoppage, but they have been accelerating toward a clash for more than two years."We believe that an offseason lockout is the best mechanism to protect the 2022 season," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred wrote in a letter to fans. "We hope that the lockout will jumpstart the negotiations and get us to an agreement that will allow the season to start on time.

This defensive lockout was necessary because the players’ association’s vision for Major League Baseball would threaten the ability of most teams to be competitive."An agreement was also not made during Feb.

1's negotiations between the league and the players association.Initially, the union demanded change following anger over a declining average salary, middle-class players forced out by teams concentrating payroll on the wealthy and.