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Report: MLB 'Plans to Deliver' New Economic Proposal to MLBPA on Tuesday

And now baseball fans wait.

According to Evan Drellich of The Athletic, Major League Baseball plans on delivering its new economics proposal to the league's players association Tuesday. The players will then review it as the two sides attempt to reach an agreement on how to proceed with a potential 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The labor issue is another layer for baseball on top of the public-health concerns.

On Saturday, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported the league proposed performing as many as 10,000 COVID-19 tests per week, and the New York Post's Joel Sherman shared the players' response:

As for the economic issues, the league is concerned about losing money with games in front of empty stadiums.