Cubs: Players reject owners offer, demand when they’ll play

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

The Chicago Cubs and the rest of the MLBPA rejected the offer, asked when they’d play again and go from there.

The Chicago Cubs, as well as the MLBPA, rejected the owner’s proposal. The end? We will know by June 15 when the league unilaterally imposes a short schedule. What they did decline was a 72-game schedule and an 83% prorated pay. Sheesh.

The owners are, well, you know. And the players? They just want to play ball. Pure and simple. They inquired where and when, and go from there–only by the 15th. I don’t think it will be done by then. It’s a ‘soft’ close. But by the 15th, we need to get something done. Players. Owners.…