Big league baseball players increased their potential war chest of cash and investments ahead of collective bargaining to $415 million heading into 2026, up from $284 million at the start of 2025, according to the union’s annual federal disclosure form filed.

Major League Baseball's labor negotiations had moved at a glacial pace for 11 months before a deal fell into place on March 10.

Whatever little chance there was of an on-time start to spring training all but vanished during a contentious 90-minute negotiating session between locked out players and Major League Baseball.