The MLBPA released the following statement:
The owners' decision to cancel additional games is completely unnecessary. After making a set of comprehensive proposals to the league earlier this afternoon, and being told substantive responses were forthcoming, Players have yet to hear back.
Players want to play, and we cannot wait to get back on the field for the best fans in the world. Our top priority remains the finalization of a fair contract for all Players, and we will continue negotiations toward that end.
Scherzer, for his part, tweeted the following, seemingly in response to
the league commenting that the international draft has been in every proposal since July, and was not a last-minute addition to the talks that took place last week in Florida.I was in FL. We never offered the Int'l Draft. We did discuss it, but MLB told us they were NOT going to offer anything for it. At that point, we informed all players & agreed to no draft.
This is MLB muddying the waters & deflecting blame. Fans, pls hang in there with us.[
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