It’s the weekend, Athletics Nation!
The A’s got their second win of the spring yesterday against the Brewers, and we are two weeks away from Opening Day. Once the season does begin, players across MLB will be facing two forms of further scrutiny from the league.
First, as detailed in the New York Times, due to the expiration of the previous Collective Bargaining Agreement in December of last year, the randomized drug testing players must undergo was fully suspended. The lockout of players that was enacted by Commissioner Rob Manfred meant that there was no legal authority for the league to test players until a new CBA was signed.