On Sunday, Yahoo!’s Tim Brown reported that Major League Baseball delivered a proposal for the 2021 regular season that would cut the number of games from 162 to 154 and push Opening Day back almost a month.
Other outlets, including Joel Sherman of the New York Post, followed that report with word that the MLBPA held a conference call on Saturday to discuss the proposal.
According to Brown, players would receive their full salaries for the 154-game season. The proposal also reportedly includes a universal designated hitter and expanded postseason.
ESPN’s Buster Olney reported that the proposed start date for spring training would be March 22 with Opening Day moving from April 1 to April 28.