<p><a class='ath autolink' href='https://theathletic.com/mlb/'>Major League Baseball</a> on Wednesday evening <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/mlb-cancels-two-more-series-postpones-opening-day-until-at-least-april-14/3dBFtRv75m34/" target= self>announced the cancellation of more regular-season games,</a> pushing Opening Day to April 14. The sides have spent Wednesday going back and forth again in CBA negotiations. They appeared to make the most progress in talks during a long day of bargaining Tuesday, <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/mlb-players-make-progress-in-long-day-of-talks-but-hurdles-remain/OqSXFpWVBP5H/" target= self>people with knowledge of the talks said</a>. However, significant issues remain.</p><p></p><p><em>The Athletic</em> is bringing you the latest news and updates. Follow along with our live coverage.</p><p></p><p>&l
<p><a class='ath autolink' href='https://theathletic.com/mlb/'>Major League Baseball</a> on Wednesday evening gave MLBPA another deadline, sources told <em>The Athletic</em>’s Ken Rosenthal. If the union declines to pick one of three options regarding the international draft by "tonight," the league believes there is nothing else to discuss. The union position is that the league said it would give a full counter by Wednesday. </p><p></p><p>The sides have spent Wednesday going back and forth again in collective bargaining agreement negotiations. They appeared to make the most progress in negotiations thus far during a long day of bargaining Tuesday, <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/mlb-players-make-progress-in-long-day-of-talks-but-hurdles-remain/OqSXFpWVBP5H/" target= self>people with knowledge of the talks said</a>. However, significant issues remain.</p><p
<p><a class='ath autolink' href='https://theathletic.com/mlb/'>Major League Baseball</a> on Wednesday evening <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/mlb-cancels-two-more-series-postpones-opening-day-until-at-least-april-14/3dBFtRv75m34/" target= self>announced the cancellation of more regular-season games,</a> pushing Opening Day to April 14. The sides spent Wednesday going back and forth again in CBA negotiations. They appeared to make the most progress in talks during a long day of bargaining Tuesday, <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/mlb-players-make-progress-in-long-day-of-talks-but-hurdles-remain/OqSXFpWVBP5H/" target= self>people with knowledge of the talks said</a>. However, significant issues remain.</p><p></p><p><em>The Athletic</em> is bringing you the latest news and updates. Follow along with our live coverage.</p><p></p><p><str
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Tucked in behind the Blue Jays’ five Top 100 prospects is Orelvis Martinez, ranked No. 6 in the system, and while he’s not on the same wave of hype as the others, that will soon change.
The lost 2020 season was particularly tough on a player of Martinez’s age (19). Having played just 40 games in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2019, Martinez should have been making the jump toward full-season ball, but that was delayed.
Now, the gifted teenager whom the Blue Jays signed for a $3.5 million bonus out of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 2018 is finally rolling. Martinez is hitting .269 with an .824 OPS in Low-A Dunedin, facing mostly older and more experienced pitchers, and he went 3-for-5 on Saturday with his third home run of the season.