What’s next after MLB owners imposed a lockout of players? ‘We’re here, they’re there. We need to find a way to bridge the gap,’ Rob Manfred says.

Manfred said the players’ proposals included, among other items, five-year free agency and MLB’s proposals included eliminating draft-choice compensation, using a universal designated hitter and creating a draft lottery. According to The Athletic, after a year in which free agency remains at six years, the union’s proposal includes two years in which players with five years of service time and were at least 30½ could become free agents and two more years in which players with five years who are least 29½ could become free agents.