According to sources close to ownership, negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA centered around the possibility of an international draft.
According to those sources, the union is against it and the league would like to institute it for the first time in history. The league believes that the elimination of draft pick compensation for free agents was a factor.
Without the draft, the league will not eliminate compensation that teams have to give up when signing free agents. The rule hurts the market for players who turn down offers.
The league is offering the union alternatives to the original trade: Finish the parameters on the rest of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and sign it while examining the pros and cons of the international draft for two years. The league has the right to re-open the Collective Bargaining Agreement if the union doesn't want to implement the draft.
One option is to agree to a deal without the draft.
The league will eliminate draft pick compensation if the third option is to complete the original trade.
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