These are the owners who voted against the collective agreement

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Major League Baseball (MLB) is going through one of the darkest moments in its historyas no agreement was reached between the franchise owners and the Players Associationextending the lockout and putting the regular season in jeopardy.

Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed this week the cancellation of the first two series of the campaign.or, basically, the initial week of competition, which was scheduled to start this March 31 with the Pittsburgh Pirates visiting Saint Louis Cardinals.

In this context, a report by Andy Martino, from SNY, stated that four owners were the ones who opposed the final offer of the MLBPA during the last session, information that was later checked by The Athletic, unveiling the names that left fans, for now, without America’s great pastime.

The franchises that opposed the new collective agreement

According to Even Drellich’s report in The Athletic, the four franchises that did not vote in favor of the new CBT (Competitive Balance Tax, for its acronym in English) are teams that have not won a playoff game in the last decade, or that exceed the salary cap imposed by the league, which had a proposal to raise it to US $ 220 million.

One of the great debates that the MLB has is how to make teams from smaller markets compete with those from larger ones., a fight that can justify the vote of some of the owners in the negotiations. These are the owners who voted against the CBT, along with their teams and their Payroll in 2021.

Arte Moreno (Los Angeles Angels, Payroll 2021: US$199M)

Bob Castellini (Cincinnati Reds, Payroll 2021: US$144.2M)

Ken Kendrick (Arizona Diamondbacks, Payroll 2021: US$109.4M)

Chris Illitch (Detroit Tigers, Payroll 2021: US$103.9M)