Following Tuesday’s 17-hour negotiating session lasting until nearly 2:30 a.m. ET, representatives from MLB and the MLBPA met again on Wednesday to attempt to get a deal signed before MLB’s extended “deadline” to avoid wiping more regular season games off of the schedule. The league pushed their imposed deadline to Wednesday to keep the momentum going before having to postpone the season even further, but in the end, Rob Manfred canceled another week of games, pushing Opening Day to April 14.
Tuesday ended with the MLBPA reviewing the league’s proposal, which was much more reasonable than past plans — bridging some of the gap on core economic issues such as the CBT, minimum salaries, and the pre-arbitration pool.