New York Daily News | Deesha Thosar: Rob Manfred is expected to address the media at the quarterly owners’ meetings in Orlando, Florida, later today to announce that the start of spring training will be delayed. Although this move has been expected for quite some time, the formal announcement will be the first significant domino to fall in the leadup to a postponed Opening Day.
At this point in time, there has been absolutely no update since the league requested federal assistance to end the labor dispute last week. After refusing to make an offer to the union for more than 40 days after implementing the lockout, the league has continued to sit on its hands, refusing to even meet with the MLBPA, let alone make a counteroffer.