As we enter another week without a start date for baseball I continue to lose hope. Last week we I felt hopeless, and then hope after Tony Clark and Rob Manfred met, and I’m back to hopeless. MLB proposed a 60-game season. The MLBPA countered with a 70-game season. MLB is declining to counter the 70-game proposal. We’re so close, yet, so far away from a deal.
This article from Buster Olney is his take on what Rob Manfred could say to owners to trigger another counterproposal. Could a 64-game or 66-game deal be the sweet spot that settles the negotiations?