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Report: MLB, owners to hold conference call Monday for plan to restart season

Major League Baseball will discuss its plans for the 2020 season with team owners on a Monday conference call, The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reported Saturday.

If owners agree to the plan, MLB will submit its proposal to the players union on Tuesday. The plan's details, according to Rosenthal:

  • The season would start in early July.
  • Teams would play 78-82 games.
  • Games would be region-based; the Cubs and White Sox would only play teams from the NL and AL Central.
  • Where possible, teams would play at their home ballparks.