And ownership mouthpiece Jon Heyman, all day on Wednesday, was reporting “an agreement” and a “done deal.” Right. The MLBPA naturally preached caution, given that owners are still lobbying for the fewest games possible and have not addressed their unreasonable demand that players waive all rights to legal action in the case of illness of death from playing. Cynically, you could look at Manfred’s hasty release as a desperate attempt to win back the PR battle that MLB had pretty much lost the minute they started walking back their salary promises from March.
Encouraging? Sure. A guarantee of baseball?