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MLB Cancels 2nd Week of Season Amid Stalemate – Major League Baseball canceled the second week of the regular season Wednesday after days of discussion with the MLB Players Association failed to generate a new collective-bargaining agreement. The international draft, long part of negotiations but not until recently a central issue, scuttled talks Wednesday afternoon. A day earlier, the league had proposed tying an international draft that would cover amateurs from Latin America and Asia to the removal of direct draft-pick compensation, in which teams are penalized draft picks for signing top free agents. Players balked at the idea, rejected proposals from the league to address it and sent a counteroffer. The league then canceled another week of games. Read more at: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33464040/major-league-baseball-cancels-second-week-season-discussions-fail-produce-cba (Jeff Passan/ESPN)
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