MLB is either extremely optimistic about ongoing labor talks between the owners and the players or the league is looking to set a possible point of no return for those negotiations. Amid significant labor unrest between both sides, the league announced Friday a start date for 2027 spring training.

On Feb 19, 2027, all 30 MLB teams will take their respective fields in Arizona and Florida for the first day of spring training, the league said.

Ten days prior to that, teams are allowed to begin spring training workouts, per the league’s announcement.

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Those dates, of course, assumes a normal offseason.

Unfortunately for the league, and…

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