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Tampa Bay Rays: Blake Snell says he won’t play for reduced pay

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell has added his name to the list of players to speak out against the owners’ proposal for players to take a pay and split diminished revenues for the 2020 season.

Earlier this week the owners approved a plan that would get the 2020 major league season underway in early July. Among a host of changes, the players would enter into a revenue split with the owners to offset the losses if teams were to continue paying players a fully pro-rated salary despite losing more than half of their gate revenues.