*Photo from the Los Angeles Times*
Right after I said to be cautiously optimistic, this happens. Great. The latest news on the negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA is not good, with Joel Sherman of the New York Post reporting that there is more pessimism from people on both sides of the argument than ever before when it comes to playing in 2020. People who previously believed baseball would get underway in 2020 now express major doubt in that occuring, according to Sherman.
Wednesday, MLB made the latest headline, declining the MLBPA's 114 game proposal with full prorated salaries, while declining to make a counter offer at the same time, putting the future of the season in serious doubt. MLB has been talking in it's own circles about a short, 50 game season with the full prorated salaries they agreed on in March, and will reportedly only lengthen the season if the players agree to another pay cut, which the MLBPA has said time and again they don't plan on doing.
There has been some positives however. The MLB and MLBPA recently agreed on divisional re-alignment for the 2020 season and the universal DH and expanded playoffs. The two sides are also reportedly close on agreeing to safety procedures for the season, according to MLB Network's Jon Heyman. But the big domino has always been the money, and there has been no progress on that front.
With the two sides still not having agreed to a deal, the rumored July 4 start date is rather unlikely, as it doesn't seem that the MLB and the MLBPA will come to an agreement soon. At this point, the sides will need to find some common ground to get the season going, although neither side wants to compromise, they'll have to in order to play.
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