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.

The league plans to bring up the LTIR playoff salary cap issue with the NHLPA in CBA extension talks, which began this week in New York.

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.