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BREAKING: MLB players reject best, final offer from owners. If owners and commissioner Rob Manfred now follow through on their stated threat, Opening Day 2022 will be delayed, and some number of games in the regular season canceled. Players contingent is leaving Florida.
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) March 1, 2022
MLB has canceled the first two series of the season.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 1, 2022
Okay. Now what? First of all, let’s get a few things clear: the supposed deadline that had to be met in order to start the season was completely arbitrary, and put in place solely with the purpose of putting pressure on the MLBPA to agree to a bad deal.