<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><img id="story-photo" width="478" src=https://images.cubshq.com/stories/18/baseball/epstein_grin_jake_roth.jpg><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href=/story/Is-the-future-CBA-impacting-this-years-free-agency-14987 class="newstitle"><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">Is the future CBA impacting this year's free agency?</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>As I read, and spoke, with Ken Alison about the snail's pace progress of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado the last few days, it got me wondering what the real reason for this was and could the impending new CBA in 2022 be the answer.</font> <a target=_blank href=/story/Is-the-future-CBA-impacting-this-years-free-agency-14987><font class=fullstory><b>Full Story »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>