Baseball avoided another work stoppage and agreed to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, and while it's not dramatically different, there are notable differences from the system you may have gotten used to over the past five years of the current agreement.

So we covered those details and ins and outs, and related them to what the Royals may do as they prepare for 2017 and beyond.

For more from BP KC, check out David Lesky's thoughts. Craig Goldstein also has a deep look at the details on Baseball Prospectus.

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