Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem and MLB Players Association attorney Bruce Meyer are having an informal one-on-one meeting Thursday to resume talks amid baseball’s work stoppage, multiple sources told ESPN.
The meeting, which is taking place in New York between Halem and Meyer — the lead negotiators for both parties — marks the first time the sides have talked since MLB canceled the first week of regular-season games Tuesday.
With owners and players unable to agree on a collective bargaining agreement to replace the previous deal that expired Dec. 1, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series for each of the 30 teams, cutting each club’s schedule from 162 games to likely 156 at most. A total of 91 games were erased.
After nine days of talks in Florida, negotiators headed home Wednesday after the breakdown at Manfred’s Tuesday deadline for a…
