UPDATE: A deal has been reached.
Original story below…
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BALTIMORE, MD—Orioles fans will have to wait a bit longer this year as Opening Day has been postponed.
Tuesday’s deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement passed without a deal between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association, as the players voted to reject the league’s final proposal before 5 p.m. ET.
With no deal in place, MLB announced that each team’s first two series of the regular season will not be played, meaning that the regular season will begin no earlier than April 7, while Spring Training games will begin no earlier than March 12.
“I want to assure our fans that our failure to reach an agreement was not due to a lack of effort on the part of either party. The Players came here for nine days, worked hard and tried to make a deal. I appreciate their effort,” wrote MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. “So, what is next? The calendar dictates that we are not going to be able to play the first two series of regular season games and those games are officially canceled.”
Additional details on the negotiation can be found at MLB.com.
