As the NBA and NHL continue to finalize their plans for resuming their seasons in the dark shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball remains stuck in neutral. It seems possible, at best, MLB plays a shortened, 50-game schedule, which could give incentive for several players on the Los Angeles Dodgers to skip the season.
Skip the season? Would players really do that?
Well, we know that the player’s union made a recent proposal to MLB that included a 114-game schedule with the option for players to opt-out of the season due to health concerns.
Blake Snell, now somewhat infamously, made his thoughts known about potentially playing amid the pandemic without receiving proper pay.