On February 10, MLB Commissioner and Hater-of-Baseball Rob Manfred lamented the cancellation of any regular-season games because of his decision to lockout the players during negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement as "a disastrous outcome".
A mere eighteen days later, Manfred indicated his "willingness to miss up to a month of games".
MLB had set a firm, but completely artificial, deadline (March 1) for agreement with the Players Association on a new CBA without the 2022 being affected. It turns out MLB's hard deadline was, in reality, a bit flaccid. The fictional deadline was revised to Tuesday at 5:00 PM ET.