According to an AP report, the agree-upon proposal from MLB owners includes a return to spring training in early or mid-June with the regular reason resuming “around the Fourth of July weekend.” While that latter date would otherwise seem like just another patriotic ploy to get everyone riled up for the national pastime, July 4 falls on a Saturday this year and would make for some pretty phenomenal ratings. The thing about money, you see, is that it talks.
Teams will play “about 82 regular-season games” in a schedule that would be limited to divisional matchups and tilts with corresponding divisions in the other league.