Good morning, Camden Chatters.
The calendar page has flipped to February. In a normal year, we could look forward to actual, real-life baseball being played this month. (Exhibition baseball, but still.) The Orioles’ Grapefruit League opener is scheduled for Feb. 26, set to kick off a stretch of 32 spring training games through March 27.
At this point, though, it’s anyone’s guess when that exhibition slate will actually be played. The ongoing negotiations between MLB and the MLB Players’ Association over a new collective bargaining agreement haven’t yielded much progress, and there’s precious little time left to avoid a delayed start to spring training — and perhaps the regular season as well.