The dirty secret in baseball is that a lockout is coming. It’s expected to be worse than the lockout between the 2021-22 seasons.

A new collective bargaining agreement is not expected to be agreed to before the deadline of Dec. 1. If MLB owners and the MLB Players Association don’t agree to a deal by then, the owners will lock out the players, as they did five years ago. That lockout lasted into February, but it didn’t cost regular season games.

This one could cut much deeper as the owners are seeking fundamental changes to the league’s salary structure that players don’t want.

But, until then, it’s business as usual. Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young knows it. The question is whether he’ll be able to truly participate in it?

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Texas Rangers owner Ray Davis (right) and COO Neil Leibman (center) and general manager Chris Young. Credit: Mark J.…