Negotiations over pro-rated salary and season length flooded the conversation surrounding Major League Baseball’s mid-summer resumption.
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Nothing really changes on the postseason front, though the concept of a 16-team postseason was floated in negotiations. The owners’ and leagues’ main goal was to keep the postseason timeline intact — starting as October does — to mitigate the potential of a second wave of COVID-19 forcing the most lucrative few weeks in baseball to a screeching halt.