Things have remained quiet on the collective bargaining impasse over the past six weeks. While the owners, league, and the MLBPA have largely refrained from much sniping in the press, the fact remains that the owners had little interest in even beginning meaningful talks until the players could feel spring training bearing down on them. The hope, as always, was that the pressure of having no job and no idea where their families will be living this summer would crack the players’ unified front.
As a result, it remains highly unlikely that this is going to be resolved in January.