Cubs Insider · Jun 14, 2020
MLB’s Statement Vilifies Players, Paints Owners as Good Guys
Rob Manfred may have to act if an agreement can't be reached. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)I’ll try to spare you too much of my soapbox preaching on this, even though I already exercised a little bit of restraint by waiting until this morning to address the topic. No guarantees, though, since I tend to get rolling when I take the pulpit. Not long after the MLBPA issued a statement saying there would be no more negotiations on the financial parameters of the 2020 season and demanding that MLB set the number of games by Monday, the league responded with a scathing statement of its own.