Rather than drawing this explanation out any further than necessary, I’m going to direct you to Jeff Passan’s column at ESPN for the full math on the gap between owners and players in MLB’s financial negotiations. Using a combination of available numbers and solid assumptions, Passan arrives at a difference of $326 million between the 48-game season owners are threatening and the 82-game season players would settle for. That comes down to a skosh less than $11 million per team for the season.
To put that in relative terms, it’d be like every team having to sign José Quintana as their No.