Monday marked the 89th and final day of MLB’s imposed deadline to get a CBA signed in order to preserve Opening Day on March 31. Representatives from both sides met through 13 negotiating sessions for more than 16 hours, with talks wrapping up at about 2:30 a.m. EST.
On Sunday there was hardly any movement made, leaving Monday as the last-ditch effort to get a deal done to avoid canceling games. And wouldn’t you know it, MLB made sure to double down on their threat about game cancelations, reportedly willing to miss up to a month’s worth of games.