Major League Baseball is expected to send its latest economic proposal to the MLB Players Association Tuesday in hopes of salvaging a 2020 MLB season.
The current issue is money. Owners want players to take a reduced salary due to the coronavirus pandemic wiping out major sources of revenues for teams. No fans in the stands means no gate revenue, no concessions, less sales from merchandise, etc., and somebody has to help eat these costs. While the players’ union agreed back in March to a prorated salary — meaning, for example, they’d get 50 percent of their salary to play 50 percent of the games — the owners now want the players to absorb additional cuts due to the ongoing crisis and its effect on revenue.