Good afternoon, Athletics Nation!
The topic of the day is still the labor negotiations between MLB and its players, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The latest development has the owners offering a 76-game season at 75% of prorated per-game salary, which is mathematically equivalent to a 50ish-game season at full prorated pay, just with more work attached to it for the players. The players want to play more games but at full prorated salary. Scroll down to the Twitter section of this post to see all the details of the offer from Jeff Passan of ESPN.
Over the last few years, I’ve reserved plenty of criticism for the players on the matter of labor negotiations and salary complaints, with a tendency to find merits and flaws on both sides of the debate.