After missing the mark to potentially hold Opening Day on the Fourth of July, Major League Baseball and the Players Association remained committed to exchanging counterproposals for a 2020 regular season plan.
The process has been considered more of a standoff than actual, productive negotiations. They seemingly came to an end over the weekend when the MLBPA rejected the latest offer from the league ahead of a Sunday deadline set by team owners.
With both MLB and the union issuing critical statements in the aftermath of another proposal not being enough to bridge the gap, commissioner Rob Manfred was widely expected to unilaterally impose a shortened season.