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Report: Recent MLB Proposal Includes Pay Cuts to Highest-Paid Players

MLB has proposed decreasing the salaries of the highest-paid players in the sport with the lowest-paid players taking lesser cuts in its recent play-resumption economic proposal to the MLB Players Association, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers.

Per ESPN, the sport's highest-paid players would take significant reductions to what they would be paid during a full season if the plan is approved. The cuts could eventually see highly paid players receive less than 40% of their full-season salaries.

According to The Athletic's Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal, the league has also offered to share more playoff revenue with MLB players, but the MLBPA is reportedly "very disappointed" with the proposal.