MLB season on hold. UPD: League and union agree to 60 game season, starting July 23

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

Major League Baseball has received a counterproposal from the players union that calls for a longer regular season that would run through October.

Hmmmm. Negotiations through the media?

 

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

Major League Baseball has received a counterproposal from the players union that calls for a longer regular season that would run through October.


MLB counters back with 50-60 game season.

Negotiating in the media

 

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

Major League Baseball has rejected the players union's proposal for a 114-game season, and could unilaterally implement a shorter season of 50-60 games.

Union won't like unilateral decision

 

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

Major League Baseball has rejected the players union's proposal for a 114-game season, and could unilaterally implement a shorter season of 50-60 games.


Stubborn


Report: MLB will allow local governments to decide whether fans can attend games

Fans might be able to attend MLB games in 2020 after all.


Diffuse blame?

 

[LadyStanley]

Report: MLB owners focused on a 48-game season in 2020

MLB owners aren't in favor of a longer season.

Seems like the owners reduce # of games by # of days since last proposal.

Which side is rock, which hard place? Fans stuck in the middle.

 

[Lt Dan]

Report: MLB owners focused on a 48-game season in 2020

MLB owners aren't in favor of a longer season.

Seems like the owners reduce # of games by # of days since last proposal.

Which side is rock, which hard place? Fans stuck in the middle.

Well...still better than 0 games IMO

 

[TheTotalPackage]

MLB has the chance to pretty much have the entire North American sporting landscape concentrated on them for an entire month before the NBA plans on re-starting, and they're haggling over games and pro-rated salaries. Wake up people.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

MLB has the possibility of a 16 team playoff temporarily for 2020 and 2021.

If MLB expands to 32 with 8 4-team divisions, I see the 16-team playoff being permanent - with 4 division winners and 4 wild cards in each league.

I also propose that division winners get stripped of their seeding priority. If a wild card team from one division has a better record than the champion of another division, then by all means it deserves the higher seed. The NBA has realized that division winners don't always deserve seeding priority. It's about time the other big 4 leagues realize this too.

 

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

The Major League Baseball Players Association is proposing an 89-game season.

Contrast 50 games from league

 

[LadyStanley]

Rob Manfred guarantees a 2020 MLB season, with or without agreement

But Manfred is guaranteeing a season.

 

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

The Major League Baseball Players Association is proposing an 89-game season.

Way up from 50 game proposal

 

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

MLB's latest proposal to restart the season would consist of 72 games, but still not pay players full prorated salaries.


Deadline to accept offer is Sunday.

 

[LadyStanley]

Is baseball coming back? Here's the latest news on MLB, player negotiations to restart season

The MLBPA rejected MLB's latest proposal for a 72-game season on Saturday night, but is done negotiating.

Will there be a season?

 

[LadyStanley]

After weeks of ugliness, labor warfare is back in baseball

The events of the past month will linger, even shape the future of the game, and not in a necessarily productive way.


Labor warfare

 

[KevFu]

MLB has the possibility of a 16 team playoff temporarily for 2020 and 2021.

If MLB expands to 32 with 8 4-team divisions, I see the 16-team playoff being permanent - with 4 division winners and 4 wild cards in each league.

I also propose that division winners get stripped of their seeding priority. If a wild card team from one division has a better record than the champion of another division, then by all means it deserves the higher seed. The NBA has realized that division winners don't always deserve seeding priority. It's about time the other big 4 leagues realize this too.

MLB's grand plan for 32 teams is to follow the NHL's model, 4 divisions of 8, West and Eastern "conferences" (one would be named National League, the other American League." Their plan is terrible, but that's their plan:

Expansion Could Trigger Realignment, Longer Postseason

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

The fans will never go for the mix of AL and NL teams.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

I'd personally like to see more cross-divisional play, but the leagues stay as they are.

I'm a White Sox fan, and I don't need to see them play 19 games against Detroit, KC, Cleveland, and Minnesota. I'd rather cut that to 12 and play Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincy, and Pittsburgh 6 times a year.

This satisfies the league's desire to keep travel down and TV times good, while not ditching the 12 decade history of the 2 leagues altogether.

 

[Lt Dan]

The fans will never go for the mix of AL and NL teams.

I would

At this point, I would be happy just to see some baseball

 

[LadyStanley]

At least six owners reportedly don't want an MLB season — here's why that could be a big problem

The commissioner needs the support of 75 percent of MLB owners to impose a season, but some reportedly would rather not play.


Oye.

 

[Voight]

Manfred is such a garbage commissioner.

Between letting the Stros and Red Sox off easy, to demeaning the Commissioners Trophy to his horrendous performance the last week or two..... they need to find someone else.

This would have been the perfect time for the MLB to get their shit together but instead they may not even play this year + players are 99% going to strike next year when the CBA is up.

 

[LadyStanley]

We might have already seen the last MLB game in history without a DH

We may be getting closer to a permanent universal DH in MLB.


Rule change too?

 

[LadyStanley]

Union memo to MLB players says no agreement was reached, details 60-game league plan

'There certainly were no tentative agreements reached," union writes in letter to players detailing 60-game MLB proposal to restart season.


League proposal is 60 games. Prorated salary (37%). Starting late June for camp, ending RS late September.

Doesn't sound promising.

 

[LadyStanley]

MLB will not make counter-offer to players' 70-game proposal

MLB will not counter 70-game proposal from union. Talks reach stalemate again.


Unless there's some give, I don't know there will be a season

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Unless there's some give, I don't know there will be a season

They're not going to lose the whole thing over a 10 game difference.

 

[LadyStanley]

Reports: MLB reconsiders bubble plan, closes all 30 spring training sites after coronavirus surge

MLB is looking into a new 'bubble' plan after multiple positive tests for COVID-19.

Deep cleaning.

Negative test will be required for reentry.