For those eager for a momentary escape from a relentless year with a little bit of Mets baseball, you may want to avert your eyes from the ongoing negotiations to start the 2020 MLB season.
After Saturday’s developments, in which the MLBPA rejected the latest proposal from the league and released a statement telling the commissioner the players are ready to get back to work and to set a schedule, Rob Manfred now says he is “not confident” that there will be a 2020 season, adding that, “I can’t tell you I’m 100% certain that’s going to happen,” The latter is especially noteworthy, as it comes five days after Manfred exclaimed that, “We will play Major League Baseball this year” and saying he is 100% sure of that while speaking at the 2020 MLB Draft.