The Major League Baseball Players Association formally rejected MLB's last proposal on an international draft on Monday, the deadline for both sides to reach agreement on a long-standing issue with major ripple effects. The absence of a draft means the qualifying-offer system and the international signing period will each remain as is.
The two sides exchanged a total of four proposals this month, including two last weekend, and were consistently far apart on the amount of money that would be guaranteed to future international amateur players.
The gap never got closer than $69 million.
MLB made what was presented as its final offer on Sunday, during which it increased the amount of money that would go to the 600 players selected in an inaugural 2024 draft to $191 million, up $10 million.