Yankees president Randy Levine says he is 'confident' MLB will avoid a lockout despite cap fight

The league's current collective bargaining agreement with the players expires on Dec.1, and the players and owners appear as far apart as they ever have been.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.

If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Assuming there is no deal, the owners are expected to lock out the players, as was the case five years ago which led to the season being delayed by one week.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEThe New York Yankees warm up during a workout ahead of the American League Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox on Sept.

28, 2026, at Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y.(Getty Images)Despite the apparently harsh circumstances at the moment, New York Yankees president Randy Levine is actually "confident" things will all work out."It's very, very early...

They want to reach an agreement.It's always this way in every labor negotiation I've done.

It's always posturing at this point in time, getting your position out," Levine said on "The Craig Carton Show.""We have until December.I think they're really going to work hard, and I'm very hopeful they'll reach an agreement.

I've seen circumstances where it looked harder than even this, and this one looks hard, but at the end of the day, I'm confident everyone wants to get a deal.""The whole playoffs have been great, the whole season has been great.Baseball is regaining popularity, it's the national pastime, so we gotta work hard to just preserve it," Levine added.Levine's boss, Hal Steinbrenner, said last week he "support[s]" the owners' proposals — all of which include a cap."I've said before — let me put it this way, as a member of the labor policy committee — I helped craft, one of many, the proposals that we have given at the bargaining table.

And I support those proposals in their entirety.That's absolutely the case, so that should answer y...