APNewsBreak: Spring training to be shortened slightly in '18 (Yahoo Sports)

For everyone who thinks spring training is too long, help is on the way - a little, anyway. Spring training will be shortened by two days starting in 2018, when new restrictions in Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement take effect on game times for regular-season getaway days. The voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players will be 43 days before the major league opener instead of 45, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press.