In case you had any hopes whatsoever of the league and the players reaching a deal before the December 1 expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, I think this tells you plenty about where things stand.
Major League Baseball is already preparing its organizations for how to handle the minutia of a lockout, in case they forgot from five years ago:
News: MLB sent a 34-page memo to owners and high-ranking officials across the league detailing what to expect — and how to act — during the lockout. MLB’s official website and club websites will again be scrubbed of player images and videos. And holiday cards? MLB says clubs shouldn’t send them to players after Dec. 2. t.co/E3wiaWUWep
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) October 8, 2026The gist, of course, is that all operations of the baseball operations involving the 40-man roster have to cease. No meaningful communications between the teams and the players. No free agent negotiations. No trades. No communication with agents (about 40-man players or big league free agents).
The big league phase of the Rule 5 Draft would once again be postponed, at a minimum (last time it was ultimately cancelled), and the Draft Lottery would probably be punted. No real Winter Meetings, obviously.
In other words, the moment the owners lock out the players, all semblance of a normal (fun) offseason will be over.
That means we could see, like last time, a feverish flurry of activity in November, as well as another feverish flurry of activity whenever the lockout ends. (A recent report suggests the big pain point for the league might be 60 games lost, because that’s when they basically have to give the national broadcast partners another year of rights without a bump in fees.)
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