It’s the weekend, Athletics Nation!
As of today we were supposed to be one week out from Spring Training 2022. The stage was set for every MLB team to field a group of players ranging from last year’s draft class to longtime veterans of the game. But those plans were made back in August, four months before the league voted to lock out players on December 2.
As I’m sure you know, the lockout has been slow. In the 80 days since the CBA expired, the two sides have met only five times.