MLB commissioner Rob Manfred revealed on Tuesday that after the failed negotiations between owners and the MLBPA, the first two series of the regular season will be canceled. In addition to the cancelation of games, Manfred made a damning declaration about paying players during the lockout, revealing that the league has zero intention of paying players for the missed games, via The Athletic.

This isn't exactly a surprise, considering the greed displayed by ownership throughout the entire negotiation process. Manfred is essentially confirming what anyone who followed the situation closely would have guessed — the players won't get a dime for the games they miss, despite their best efforts to get have a full 162-game season.

Finances have been the recurring theme throughout this whole process, and neither side was willing to compromise on their demands. While the players' requests seem reasonable, ownership disagreed and failed to make a reasonable counteroffer, thus putting an end to the negotiations, if you can even call them that. Rob Manfred claimed it had been a rough past half-decade for Major League Baseball in terms of revenue, and while that may be the case, it's hard not to act as if the league isn't extremely profitable.

MLB officially entered a lockout at the beginning of December, and while players awaited negotiations to begin, it took ownership more than a full month to even schedule a meeting and begin talks. It should come as no surprise that a deal was not reached, though it's certainly disappointing.

The future of baseball is looking as bleak as ever, and players will surely be up in arms after the official word came down that they won't be getting their paychecks, to no fault of their own.