The 2020 MLB season, if we have one, will be like no other. The latest proposal calls for an 82-game season with Opening Day slated for July 4 or thereabouts. We’ve seen strike-shortened seasons before (the 1994 and ‘95 campaigns, for instance) but the 82-game slate recently laid out by MLB owners would be unprecedented. An unprecedented season to match the unprecedented times we’re living in with America’s coronavirus death toll nearing 100,000.
There’s still plenty to be sorted out—reports indicate the league and its players are far apart on a number of key points with revenue sharing thought to be the most divisive issue.