Last week I wrote that we had reached a deadline for spring training to start on time. Yesterday, Rob Manfred spoke and said that there is no change to the spring training start date at this time and would depend on how the meeting with the players goes on Saturday (which, if you’re a calendar aficionado like I am is tomorrow). As I tweeted, that seems like a pretty obvious attempt to shift blame to the players when they likely don’t accept whatever proposal the owners put forth in that meeting. I suppose it’s possible that their proposal moves the needle enough that they actually negotiate in the same room rather than trade proposals every few days, but I’ll believe that when I see it.
Lesky’s Notes: No rush, fellas
