Key MLB offseason dates: When does free agency start? What else will happen before potential lockout?
A lockout looms, but there are plenty of important dates on the baseball calendar in the coming weeks…
Key MLB: What Happened
CBS Sports reported on Thursday, October 29, 2026 in a story involving Key MLB. Here is how the report opens:
A lockout looms, but there are plenty of important dates on the baseball calendar in the coming weeks…
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Key Takeaways
- The story: Key MLB offseason dates: When does free agency start? What else will happen before potential lockout?
- Who’s involved: Key MLB
- League: Baseball
- First reported: Thursday, October 29, 2026 by CBS Sports
Background: Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is the oldest major professional sports league in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day held during the last week of March or the first week of April. Six teams in each league then advance to a four-round postseason tournament in October, culminating in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions first played in 1903.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened with Key MLB?
A lockout looms, but there are plenty of important dates on the baseball calendar in the coming weeks… CBS Sports reported the story on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
Who reported this MLB story?
CBS Sports first reported it on Thursday, October 29, 2026. ForTheFans summarizes it here with background and related Baseball news.
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