MLB labor talks will begin in the next couple weeks. What's the process, and what's at stake?

Welcome to leverage theater.Soon, Major League Baseball and the players’ union will begin collective bargaining, an acrimonious but weighty undertaking that will shape the future of the sport — and, for a time, likely imperil it.Baseball has a long history of labor wars, but this rendition could be the wildest yet. The owners, an extraordinarily wealthy group, are planning to push for a salary cap, which players, a number of them quite rich themselves, have long considered a non-starter.Advertisement