By Jelani Scott MLB players and owners continue to make minimal progress towards a new CBA as the Feb. 28 deadline looms. View the original article to see embedded media. As the MLB Players Association and league owners continue to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, Thursday’s meeting offered little progress ahead of the Feb. 28 deadline. Though news remains mum on a number of hot-button topics, such as minimum salaries and the competitive balance tax, the union agreed to modify its proposals on service time manipulation and the draft lottery, per Chelsea Janes of The Washington …