Lesky’s Notes: The calendar stops for nobody

The end of January is upon us. While pitchers and catchers reporting date isn’t especially easy to find since I think a lot of it hasn’t been set, but the first spring training game is four weeks from tomorrow, theoretically. I’m just making stuff up here, but I feel like they need about two weeks to sort out all the personnel things like free agents and trades. And if you think that’s not the case, we saw what happened with the signing frenzy when the players wanted to get their contracts figured out before the lockout. I think it’s also fair to assume they don’t need all the spring games they have scheduled. Let’s work backwards to see when Opening Day gets in jeopardy. If you assume they need three weeks of games, Opening Day is March 31. Give them 10-12 days of workouts before games and that means they need to report by February 26 or so. If they need two weeks to figure out roster, that means they have until February 12. Let’s say February 11 to wrap it up on a Friday. Okay, we’ve got two weeks. The clock is ticking.

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