As major league baseball players head into a nuclear winter, their collective strength will get tested as seldom before.
Franchises suffered nine-digit pandemic losses and revenue forecasts for 2021 are bleak. Teams declined options on good players like Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong.
Many players eligible for salary arbitration will get turned out instead as teams slash payroll.
Free agents will encounter a flooded free-agent marketplace that will depress wages. The Major League Baseball Players Association will face its greatest test in nearly 25 years.
Our National Pastime is facing years of economic retrenchment. Owners borrowed huge sums to remain operational.