Major League Baseball Makes New Proposal to Players

They’re coming back with a 76-game proposal.

Here’s the original news, broken by Karl Ravech, with Mike Axisa of CBS Sports offering his take in a quote tweet:

– 82 games at sliding scale = ~33% salary

– 50 games at prorated pay = ~33% salary

– 76 games at 75% prorated pay = (drumroll) ~33% salary

It all comes back to the same place. MLB keeps making the same offer in different forms. https://t.co/DVfURfN50f

— Mike Axisa (@mikeaxisa) June 8, 2020

Bob says he hasn’t digested too much but offered this immediate reaction:

“While in essence it’s the roughly the same as that tweet points out, it’s far less divisive and doesn’t pit big earners vs minimum. While it’s not an outright concession, the way the scale slides would, in theory, make this a move to the players.

The players do not have to negotiate off the March deal. If they’re going to hold firm to it, then this is meaningless.

I’d say this move though – early in the week – feels like an acknowledgement that this has to get done this week. Or at least meaningful progress.”

Anthony thinks this is a positive step and sees a counter offer within 24-48 hours.

There’s also this response from Evan Drellich at The Athletic:

The MLBPA regards today’s offer from MLB to be worse than the league’s last because it shifts greater emphasis on risk sharing in the postseason. Players would receive 50 percent of pro rata if there is no postseason, 75 if there is. @karlravechespn first on a new offer coming.

— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) June 8, 2020

Gotta say, I’m out of things to write about when it comes to baseball. I don’t think a labor dispute between millionaires and billionaires necessarily resonates with the average five-figure earning American who is just trying to stay afloat as we exit a global pandemic.

EDIT –

It would seem as though the players are not interested in this proposal:

Lol

— Andrew McCutchen (@TheCUTCH22) June 8, 2020