MLB Says Regular-Season Games Will Be Canceled If New CBA Isn't Reached by Feb. 28

If a deal isn't reached by the Feb. 28 deadline, regular-season games will be canceled.

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MLB spokesperson’s full statement: “A deadline is a deadline. Missed games are missed games. Salary will not be paid for those games.”

On the same day, MLB made a counteroffer to the Players Association.

The league offered the players a $10,000 increase, according to Evan Drellich of The Athletic. Drellich said that the salary would grow by $10,000 each year.

The minimum salary proposed by the MLBPA was raised from $25,000 per year to $775,000, with an annual increase of $30,000.

The league offered tiered minimum salaries based on how many years of service a player had, according to Drellich. Under the proposal, teams wouldn't have been allowed to pay players more than the minimum, but those restrictions were removed in the new offer.

The minimum salary was the only new proposal from the league to the players. This continues a trend of slow- moving negotiations, as Jesse Rogers reported that Tuesday's meetings yielded little progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement while the league actually viewed the negotiations as a step back.

According to Rogers, the MLBPA rejected the idea of a federal mediation in their negotiations. It was the second time in two weeks that the union rejected that proposal.

The pitchers and catchers were supposed to report on Feb. 15. Spring training has already been pushed back from its original start date.

Rogers stated that there is a belief that the players need at least four weeks of spring training to be ready for the regular season.