The collective bargaining meeting between the Major League Baseball Players Association and MLB on Tuesday afternoon led to no significant progress, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN, almost ensuring a delay to spring training.
While pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to some camps as early as Feb. 14, players and executives both anticipate the start of spring training will be postponed, sources said. How long will depend on the ramp-up of negotiations, which have dawdled since the league locked players out Dec. 2.
The MLBPA’s proposal Tuesday included a drop in its bonus-pool request for pre-arbitration players from $105 million to $100 million, sources said.
The union also reduced its ask for the number of players who…
