If the MLBPA has any say, it will be a full 162 games for full pay. MLB reached out to the players union, asking them if they would be open to a shortened season in 2021 that might lop off at least the first month of the season. The immediate response was absolutely not. A big fat NO! MLBPA Executive director former Yankee Tony Clark reiterated what he said at the end of the season, “the players are planning for a 162-game season and plan to show up for spring training on time.”
The beginning of the season and how long it will be has yet to be ironed out, along with many other 2020 rule changes as to whether they will be continued.