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MLB, MLBPA reps held informal meeting Thursday

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated Mar 3, 2022 2:59 PM ET

There will be no spring training this month and no Opening Day on March 31. Major League Baseball games originally scheduled for the last day in March and early April have already been wiped out after Tuesday's announcement that the owners and players failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.

No new negotiations between the league and Major League Baseball Players Association were held on Wednesday, but on Thursday, there were some informal discussions. The approximately 90-minute session didn't lead to much though.

MLB, MLBPA discussed key topics today: both bargaining subjects and timing of talks from here. Meeting went for about an hour and a half. Wound up having two people from each side: Dan Halem and Morgan Sword from MLB, Bruce Meyer and Ian Penny from the MLBPA
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) March 3, 2022

MLB says it has the right to unilaterally implement rule changes for 2023 providing they make a formal proposal to the union before Opening Day. https://t.co/Weul6eQ7T2
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 3, 2022

Nightengale further reported that the time of the next round of negotiations — whether formal or informal — is currently up in the air.

There were no formal proposals exchanged today during the negotiations. Unknown when MLB and the MLBPA will meet again.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 3, 2022

The current work stoppage is the league's first since a strike in 1994-95 that resulted in the cancellation of more than 900 games and the 1994 World Series.

The MLBPA recently gained vocal support from both the Major League Soccer Players Association and the National Basketball Players Association.

Victor Barbosa

Victor Barbosa is a passionate follower of MLB, the NBA and NFL, with a deep interest in Boston-area teams. He graduated from Springfield College -- The Birthplace of Basketball -- in 2013 with a degree in Communications-Sports Journalism. Previous bylines include FanSided, Heavy and Syracuse

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