Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball did an about face on Monday in a pair of ways. Manfred flipping on his claim only five days earlier that there would “100 percent” be an MLB season in 2020 caught the headlines, and rightfully so.
But the owners, backed into a corner in negotiations, are now using the coronavirus as a ploy.
After three offers from the owners which weren’t all that different than the threatened 50-game season, the MLB Players Association on Saturday called the owners’ bluff, saying any future negotiations would be futile.