Major League Baseball is increasingly likely to be played in 2020, barring an uptick of COVID-19 cases that again forces the sport to shut down. The biggest remaining question is the length of the season and acrimony it might cause, and the outcomes will hinge in part on how the Players Association reacts to the league’s latest proposal.
The union, according to sources, plans to reject the league’s offer of a 76-game schedule in which the players would receive 75 percent of their prorated salaries for the regular season if the playoffs are completed and 50 percent if the postseason is canceled. Details of the offer were first reported Monday by ESPN.
The union now faces a choice. It can counter the league’s proposal, perhaps by continuing to ask for 100 percent of the prorated salaries but in a schedule shorter than its original request for 114 games. Or it can submit no counteroffer and wait to see if the league makes another proposal or proceeds...
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