Five days after major league owners asked Mike Trout to play for about $8 million this season, the players’ union replied with a proposal under which Trout would play for about $25 million.
The union’s counter-proposal, delivered to owners on Sunday afternoon, calls for a 114-game season that would start June 30 and end Oct. 31, followed by a 14-team postseason. The proposal envisions more doubleheaders than usual.
The offer is almost certainly a non-starter for owners. The players have not retreated from their position that a March 26 agreement entitles them to full prorated pay -- that is, about 50% of previously guaranteed salary for the 82-game season the owners had proposed.