On Thursday, Major League baseball once again took a PR hit after an 18 minute meeting with the players union proved to be useless when it comes to getting spring training started on time.
The doom and gloom of Jon Heyman’s tweet aside, there did seem to be a glimmer of hope for a deal getting done sooner rather than later. The MLBPA backed off on its demands on salary arbitration, something that’s been a firm sticking point in negotiations thus far.
More detail on this courtesy of Jeff Passan.
Saying the same thing another way, The Athletic’s Evan Drellich said it this way.