Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred:
June 10, 2020:
We're going to play baseball in 2020. One hundred percent. ... [O]ne way or the other, we're playing Major League Baseball.June 15, 2020:
I can't tell you that I'm a hundred percent certain [a 2020 season is] gonna happen ... I'm not confident. I think there's real risk [of no 2020 season].Heck of a job, Brownie.
On June 12, MLB proposed a 72-game season (July 14-September 27), with players receiving 70% of their prorated salaries for the regular season and 80% if the postseason is completed.