In the major leagues, the situation called "lockout" has continued for more than two months, when the labor-management agreement with the players' association expires and all activities related to labor and management stop, and the camp of each team scheduled to start next week has also started. Delays are inevitable.
In December of last year, the Major League Baseball Players Association and the Players Association could not agree on the revision of the labor-management agreement for the first time in five years, and entered a state called "lockout" in which all activities related to labor and management stopped.
Negotiations have been difficult due to the wide disagreement between labor and management over the reduction of the standard of "luxury tax" paid by the baseball team with a high annual salary to the Major League Baseball, and it is an unusual situation where lockout continues for more than two months. increase.
Player contract negotiations have also been suspended, and Seiya Suzuki, who is aiming for a major league transfer from professional baseball / Hiroshima using the posting system, and Yusei Kikuchi, who is a FA = free agent from the Mariners, are also transferring. It has not been decided.
In addition, players with major league contracts cannot use the baseball team facilities, so it is inevitable that the camps for each baseball team scheduled to start on the 16th of this month will be delayed.
Regarding this, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels also told Reuters that "There is no problem in terms of body, but I think that it is mental if it is affected", and some players are worried about the uncertain situation. There are many concerns about whether the open race starting on the 26th of this month and the start of the season on the 31st of next month will be affected.