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Report: Owners up money in 76 game proposal

Major League Baseball has submitted another proposal to the players association for how to compensate players for the 2020 season, calling to give players 75-percent of their prorated salaries over a 76 game season.

Karl Ravech of ESPN was the first to report on this proposal, which calls for the regular season to end Sept. 27.

This proposal would do away with the tiered salary structure that would have cost players like Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole over 80-percent of their original salary.

That would be a plus for players, and this deal would indicate the two sides are slowly coming closer to a deal, but players are insistent that they will not take any further paycuts besides prorated salaries.