MLB | Mark Feinsand: About a week ago, MLB announced the postponement of spring training games through March 5th. As CBA negotiations keep taking place in Jupiter, FL, the league announced that exhibition games won’t be played until March 8th at the earliest.
Despite nearing an agreement on an amateur draft lottery after a face-to-face meeting between MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and union leader Tony Clark, progress on core economics issues has been minimal and a deal doesn’t look close to being completed. They’ll meet again today with the end-of-February deadline looming to avoid regular season cancellations.