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management of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Players’ Union were unable to reach a new Collective labor agreementwhich led the administration to extend the work stoppage (lockout) and cancel the first two series of the regular role. Hours later, the Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a letter through the platforms of the Big leagues in which he promised that he will try to expedite the negotiations to start the season as soon as possible.
“The clubs and our owners fully understand how important it is to our millions of fans that we get the game on the field as soon as possible,” Manfred said at the end of the letter posted on MLB.com. “To that end, we want to negotiate and reach an agreement with the Players Association as fast as possible”.
Among the first paragraphs, the letter mentions that the inability to reach an agreement was not due to a lack of interest on the part of the two parties. However, just like in the post-deadline press conference, he also didn’t mention where they failed to get that deal through.
Manfred listed the points to which the management of Big leagues and the Players Association They arrived during the last negotiations, among which a system stands out in which they encourage teams to promote their best prospects to the rosters of the Opening Dayremove offset from a selection of the Draft for the signing of a free agent who rejected a qualified offer, as well as an expansion of the playoffs to 12 teams.
The letter ensures that the Players will return to New Yorkso, if there is an agreement, it will most likely be at least Thursday.
Manfred assured that the need for management to reach a new agreement is that they do not want a repetition of what happened during the 1994 seasonwhen the season began without a Collective Agreement and ended with the players’ strike which lasted until the following year.
