That, said Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle, is a bigger issue than any perceived flaws in the collective bargaining agreement. Adam Wainwright, a highly respected veteran starter for the St. Louis Cardinals, sounded an alarm in an interview last week with InsideSTL.com. “Unless something changes, there’s going to be a strike, 100 percent,” Wainwright said. That strike bled into the next season, when owners turned spring training into a farce by fielding teams of replacement players. The current collective bargaining agreement runs through 2021, and Manfred dismissed concerns about a strike this season.

Source: New York Times February 18, 2019 02:48 UTC