Good morning and happy Tuesday.
Baseball is almost back. On Monday, the MLB Players Association rejected the league’s final proposal. That left just one path forward: A season unilaterally induced by commissioner Rob Manfred and the owners, which the players were openly fine with all along.
A 60-game season is shorter than the Players Association’s final proposal (70 games), but it comes without the other concessions the league was proposing, which included the players waiving the right to file a grievance.
As such, it seems likely that we’re headed for some serious issues down the road, from angry back-and-forths to labor stoppages.