It’s now been more than two months since the start of the MLB lockout. The league announced last week that spring training games would be delayed, as had long been expected, and the clock is ticking down to Feb. 28—the unofficial deadline for the two sides to reach an agreement without cutting into the season or pushing back Opening Day. Bargaining sessions have been held intermittently since the first week of January, but with one week left to get a deal done to play a full season, the two sides are expected to meet multiple times in the coming days in Jupiter, Fla.
Before Monday’s meeting, Sports Illustrated spoke with relief pitcher Andrew Miller, one of the eight players on the union’s executive subcommittee, to discuss how baseball got here, what he thinks are the stakes of the negotiations and why all of this matters to him.
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