Technically speaking, it’s still possible that the 2022 MLB season proceeds as intended. It could be that when March 31 rolls around, the San Francisco Giants will be in Southern California to visit the San Diego Padres before spending a glorious evening stuffing themselves with fish tacos and microbrews.
But it certainly feels unlikely.
Monday is the deadline the league has set for agreeing to a new deal with the MLBPA before cancelling games. That means that something like Wednesday is probably the actual deadline, but the point remains: there’s less than a week remaining for a lockout resolution before we can start wiping games off the regular season slate.