MLB owners appear to be banking on the idea that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
After saying last week he was “100% confident” MLB would play this year, Rob Manfred is now casting doubt on there being a 2020 baseball season.
“I’m not confident,” Manfred told ESPN’s Mike Greenberg. “I think there’s real risk; and as long as there’s no dialogue, that real risk is gonna continue.”
It’s almost certainly a negotiating tactic, designed to make the players think there’s a risk they won’t get paid at all this year and force them into making a deal.