Less than one week after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred met with Players Association executive director Tony Clark, the sport appears to be on the poise of a return.
However, it is not under the two sides reaching an agreement, but rather through the league setting a schedule. MLB made the announcement Monday night, noting owners unanimously approved Manfred exercising the authority to impose a season.
Before MLB moves forward with that, they asked the union to respond to the feasibility of players reporting for Spring Training 2.0 by July 1, and to reach an agreement on health and safety protocols for the 2020 season.