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The MLBPA delivered a proposal to MLB on Sunday afternoon, a source familiar with it tells ESPN. It includes 114-game season that would end October 31, the right to opt out of the season for all players and potential deferral of salaries if 2020 the postseason were canceled.
Passan:More details in this thread:https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1267277338468810755?s=21
Major League Baseball intends to propose a shorter season in which they would pay players a full prorated share of their salaries, sources told ESPN. The league believes the late March agreement allows it to set the schedule, and that this would fulfill players’ pro rata desire.
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Negotiating. Almost like a real management and Union.
This makes me think a deal gets done- something close to pro-rated salaries and splitting the difference in the number of games
It looks like they are far apart as to number of games: "The players proposed 114 regular season games while the owners side is said to prefer something in the 50-60 game range if they are going to pay prorated salaries. "https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbpa-on-board-with-leagues-plan-for-regional-schedule-in-2020-season-per-report/I think too far apart to simply split the difference.
81 seems fair, with a July 1 start.
Do you think a postseason would be meaningful after an 81 game season? I can't decide for sure, but I'm leaning towards no. (I think it would be 82 rather than 81, because you probably have to have an even number.)
No matter how many games they play, there will be an asterisk next to it in the records. It is what it is.
No one remembers the ‘81 season only had like 108 games and the teams that went to playoffs didn’t have the best overall records. Twenty years from now, no one will care.