JUPITER, Fla. — Within the dense fog of financial figures and acronyms like CBT and CBA that settled over Roger Dean Stadium, there was one last-minute souvenir from a solution-free week that will change how fans who stick with baseball will see baseball.
It has nothing to do with the intricacies of the ways a roster is made and everything to do with how, when, and even where the postseason is played.
Expanded playoffs remain a prominent element of negotiations during Major League Baseball’s lockout, which was extended Tuesday and is nearing 100 days as commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first week of regular-season games.