MLB and the Players Association failed to come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) last month, which resulted in the team owners imposing a lockout that ended 27 years of labor peace.

The two sides have not made much progress since then as they have reportedly only had two meetings that did not address any key issues. MLB finally met with the MLBPA late last week to lay out their economic proposal and continue negotiations.

To no surprise, the union was disappointed with the discussions and are preparing a counter offer.

The two sides still have time, but the pace of negotiations will need to speed up if they want to avoid Opening Day of the 2022 season being delayed, which would require a new CBA being in place by the beginning of March, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN: