CSN Chicago · Jun 18, 2020
Report: Union counters MLB with 70-game proposal, likely to be rejected
Why there's optimism for baseball in 2020The back and forth continues as Major League Baseball and the players' union try to agree on a way to get a shortened 2020 season off the ground.
The latest rise and fall on the never-ending roller-coaster ride came one day after the league proposed a 60-game season in the wake of commissioner Rob Manfred's sit-down meeting with union chief Tony Clark. The players countered Thursday with a proposal for a 60-game season, which is reportedly likely to be rejected.
The Major League Baseball Players Association has finalized a proposal to MLB for a season in the neighborhood of 70 games, sources tell me and @JesseRogersESPN.