The start of the season in the MLB is being postponed because of the still unsuccessful wage negotiations. This was announced by Commissioner Rob Manfred at a press conference on Tuesday.
The MLBPA players’ union had not accepted the league’s proposal by the 5 p.m. local time deadline on Monday. The season should start on March 31st.
“We are unable to play the first two series of the regular season, those games are officially cancelled,” Manfred said. As ESPN reports, players and teams are far apart in their demands and wishes.
As of December 1, MLB has been in its first lockout since 1994-95. At that time, the entire playoffs including the World Series were canceled for the first and only time in the more than 100-year history of the MLB due to the wage dispute, and almost 1000 games were canceled during the two affected seasons of 1994 and 1995.
