On Wednesday, MLB canceled another week of games after the league and the Players Association were unable to agree to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). It pushed the San Francisco Giants potential opening day game all the way back to April 15 against the Cleveland Guardians, after originally being scheduled to begin action on March 31 against the San Diego Padres.
The main sticking point in negotiations seemed to be the idea of an international draft. The owners want to institute a 20-round international draft with a rotating schedule for who gets to pick in which slots, while the players wish to keep things as they are, with an open international signing period.