Gaslamp Ball · Jun 18, 2020
“Close, but no cigar” on latest MLB proposal
Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesAlthough things seemed to be going somewhere on Wednesday, that was ultimately not the case. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and union executive director Tony Clark met face-to-face on Wednesday to try and carve out some semblance of a plan for the 2020 season.
After four hours of discussion, the MLB thought they had arrived at a good place when they proposed a 60-game regular season plan that would pay players their full prorated salaries and expand the playoffs from 10 to 16 teams for the next two seasons. However, the players just couldn’t quite get down with the plan, believing that 60 games is too few.