Players reject owners’ 60-game proposal, MLB likely to implement schedule

Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty ImagesThe 38-member Players’ Executive Board has rejected the latest proposal from owners to play a 60-game season, leaving it to Commissioner Rob Manfred to unilaterally implement a schedule this season. The players had countered with their own 70-game season proposal, but owners had quickly rejected that and said there would be no further counter-offers.

Owners had offered a 60-game schedule with full pro-rated salaries to begin in mid-July with playoffs to expand from 10 to 16 teams in 2020 and 2021 with players guaranteed at least $25 million. Under the proposal, salaries were not guaranteed if the season was cancelled, and there would be no salary relief…