Throughout the bitter labor negotiations between MLB and its players the last couple months, the one underlying guarantee has been that there would definitely be a 2020 season in some form. It might only be 48 games, but the worst-case scenario at least included baseball being played. That’s no longer the case.
On Monday, in an interview on ESPN, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said he is no longer confident that a season will be played this summer, due to the the threat of legal action by the players. This comes five days after Manfred said there would “100%,” “unequivocally” be baseball in 2020.