We are about two and a half weeks until ... well, the planned arrival of Major League Baseball players to spring training camps. There was one note of a spring tradition Wednesday:
#orioles equipment trucks left today to make the 1,000 mile trip to the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota. Still no guarantees that spring training starts on time, but just in case ...
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) January 27, 2021
This could be a sign, or not. The equipment has to get to spring camps eventually, and MLB teams were told to prepare for an on-time start and full 162-game season earlier this month, so this event makes some sense.