What would a delayed season mean for the Red Sox?

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images On Sunday, we learned of a proposal from the league to the players to get the season pushed back by a month. The reasoning for the proposal can be found in the link, as well as the reason it is unlikely to happen, at least in its current form. Nothing is set in stone, though, and it is possible that the union does send a counter offer today or tomorrow and real talks progress that end up with the season being pushed back to May. As I say in the linked post, there is a societal good argument for delaying the season and hoping things are more under control by the time May rolls around and teams start traveling then. That doesn’t mean the players are responsible for bearing all responsibility there and they have to take a bad deal for them, but the door is not completely closed even if I’d still bet against it happening.

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