Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports was first to share on Sunday that Major League Baseball has sent a proposal to the MLB Players’ Association which would delay, shorten and condense the 2021 season. Multiple reports have since confirmed the particulars—154 games (instead of 162), spring training starting on Mar. 22 and Opening Day on Apr. 28, frequent doubleheaders in order to get those games in by Oct. 10, postseason expanded to 14 teams (instead of 10), and the continuation of many of 2020’s experimental rule changes.
The players will be responding in the coming days, either with a counteroffer or by flat-out rejecting the deal.