A secondary layer to Major League Baseball and the Players Association being at odds over an economic plan for the 2020 regular season is the number of games that should be played. And with that, when the season would end.
One proposal from the MLBPA called for a 114-game season that would wrap up in November. Another was for 89 games, with play stretching into October. In both instances MLB reminded the union of a preference to conclude the regular season by Sept. 27.
From MLB’s perspective, it would allow for the 2020 postseason and World Series to be played in October rather than stretching the sport’s calendar into November.