It’s apparently not just the league and players who aren’t in agreement on how to resume the 2020 season. As ESPN’s Buster Olney reported Sunday, there is division among the owners themselves when it comes to whether to play at all. Those lines are actually pretty evident when you look at which teams have kept employees around and vowed to continue paying minor league players.
Sources say there is a group of owners perfectly willing to shut down the season, to slash payroll costs and reduce losses, and the disparate views among the 30 teams have been reflected in the decisions to fire and furlough.