MLB cancels more spring games as lockout continues

MLB has cancelled three more days of spring training as the league and the Players’ Association continue to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.

Gidget AlikpalaG_AlikpalaUpdate: Feb 26th, 2022 12:32 EST

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are still in talks in an attempt to put an end to the owner-initiated lockout, and the league has announced that three more days of spring training games will be cancelled.

The earliest date for a possible spring exhibition game to be held has been pushed back further and is now March 8. The games were originally planned to begin on Feb. 26, then postponed for approximately a week to March 5.

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Looming deadline

The two sides have met every day this week to try and hammer out the collective bargaining agreement by Monday, Feb. 28.

The league had emphasized that the new MLB calendar depends on finalizing a CBA. They have stressed that regular season games will be cancelled, not just postponed, and players will not receive a salary for any games they may have missed if the Monday deadline is not complied with.

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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred was present for the first time since negotiations began for part of the talks, but did not participate in the deliberations.