NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Reports surfaced on Monday that the Major League Baseball owners approved a proposal for a condensed 2019-20 regular season that would see the league open on July 4.
The approval by the owners is just the first step in the process as next the proposal will be presented to the MLB Players Association and the two sides could begin negotiating the proposal’s terms as soon as Tuesday.
According to CBSSports.com, included in the proposal are the following items:
- 82-game regional schedule and universal DH
- 30-man active rosters with a 20-player taxi squad
- 14 teams in the postseason with games played in home cities in October
- 50/50 revenue split for players and owners
USA Today Sports MLB insider Bob Nightengale reports that the plan is to allow teams to hold spring training in their own ballparks or at their spring training facilities in Arizona or Florida beginning in June.