MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the cancellation of the start of the Major League Baseball regular season, scheduled for 12 of March, after this Tuesday the owners and the Players Union did not reach an agreement that would lift the work stoppage that exists in the American professional baseball league.
Manfred, a key player in the negotiation process, he affirmed that the responsibility for this cancellation lies with both parties, since they could not reach a satisfactory agreement.
“The calendar does not give á to play the first two series of the season. They are cancelled”, said Manfred.
The commissioner immediately signaled the suspension of the first week of the season and therefore the preseason games, this being the first time since the stoppage of 1995 that Major League games are canceled due to a strike.
The commissioner highlighted that the Canceled games will not be rescheduled and that they will be deducted from the players’ salaries, as previously warned.
The MLB chief executive said that the owners were willing to accept a playoff system of 12 teams, as well as adding a shot clock, among other measures that they considered fair in this negotiation process.
After nine days of uninterrupted discussion, both parties leave the facilities of Jupiter, Florida, to meet again in the city of Ne w York, although they did not specify the date for this new meeting.
Regarding the continuation of the negotiations, the commissioner indicated that now it is their turn to regroup and determine what the next step is that they will take.
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