This normally would be your White Sox spring-training setup story, with pitchers and catchers reporting to camp in Glendale, Arizona, early next week. This is when we brush up on where the Sox left us in October and what questions must be answered in the weeks leading to Opening Day on March 31.
But these are not normal times. Players are locked out by owners, and they aren’t much closer to getting a new deal done than they were when the collective-bargaining agreement expired Dec. 1.
