It’s June 4.
We are less than a week from a date (June 10) which has been mentioned as the start of a “Spring Training 2.0” which would then bring us to a potential 82-game season that would start around July 1.
Players and owners have been squabbling about the length of a season and pay for players for several weeks now with no progress. Players proposed a 114-game season earlier this week. Ownership’s response:
That doesn’t sound helpful, although the idea that they are “ready to discuss additional ideas” with the MLBPA does give at least a glimmer of hope.