Over the weekend, and on Monday, the Major League Baseball Players Association discussed whether or not they wanted to accept, or even counter the deal offered to them by Major League Baseball that would delay the start of the regular season by a month, shorten it to 154 games, add the designated hitter, and add two additional teams to the playoffs. Late on Monday night the MLBPA officially rejected the offer.
The Major League Baseball Players Association today released the following statement on Players’ commitment to begin the 2021 season on time:
Late last week, the MLBPA for the first time this offseason received a proposal from MLB to delay Spring Training and Opening Day by approximately one month.