MLB Lockout: Spring Training Likely to be Delayed as Sides Still Far Apart

Now you can start to worry about potentially seeing a delay to the Major League Baseball season.

Multiple reports indicate little progress has been made between Major League Baseball and the Players Union, Tuesday, as both sides still can not come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. That means a delay to the start of Spring Training, scheduled for February 14 is very likely. Whether that means games will start to get lopped off the Spring Training schedule, and possibly the regular season all depend on how fast the two sides can come to an agreement.

The issues that remain at hand are core economic issues, mainly the starting salary for first year player, competitive balance tax and revenue sharing.

MLB is willing to increase the minimum salary to $615,000 which is well short of the $775,000 that the players wanted. "In MLB's last offer a week ago, the league agreed to the union's proposal for a bonus pool to be distributed among the best players with fewer than three years' service time -- but offered $10 million after the players initially proposed $105 million," ESPN.

It is unclear when the two sides will meet again. The regular season is slated to begin March 31. The longer this drags on, that start dates are at greater risk of being lost.