The likely outcome of the owners pushing for a salary cap, given the history of labor relations in the sport, is either a lockout or the owners backing down from a salary cap and seeking alternative concessions from the MLBPA. At every turn, the players have treated the salary cap as a non-starter in negotiations.

On Thursday, CNBC reported league officials have been looking into a significant change ahead of those negoations. Per Alex Sherman and Lillian Rizzo, those at MLB have considered introducing a salary cap and a salary floor into the next CBA.

Major League Baseball has seen louder calls from fans for a salary cap in the future, thanks to huge disparities