Major League Baseball and the MLBPA continue to play chicken. The clock is ticking. Worst case scenario? No Chicago Cubs baseball in 2020. And with the CBA expiring in 2021? It’s not going to be good. Throw in the ‘sliding pay scale,’ or players not being paid this year? Yikes.
The COVID-19 pandemic will map it out. Is the coronavirus present? No baseball. Simple as that. It’s as economical as it is dangerous. The postseason? Only if that’s the only way. You could select the teams from a hat and go from there.
And if we get to say 50 or 75 games, but ‘high-priced’ players aren’t playing (as is their right)?