NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is walking right into the so-called “disastrous outcome” that nobody wants, but one that looks like it will happen anyway.
Pitchers and catchers were scheduled to report to spring camps on Tuesday. Instead, the Players Association is constructing its latest counterproposal to the league toward a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The players’ next offer is not expected to move negotiations into the final stage, by any means. MLB and the players union remain far apart on core economic issues as the owners’ lockout settles into Day 77.
Here’s how Francisco Lindor, a member of the union’s executive subcommittee, answered when asked if he thinks the lockout will lead to the delay of a March 31 opening day.
