Major League Baseball owners have responded to the players proposal, and have upped their first proposal from 50 games up to 76, and also they are willing to pay 75 percent of a prorated salary. If a 2020 season is going to get going in July, it's a critical week and it now is back in the players court to see if they are willing to take the offer from owners.
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00:00Hi everyone, I'm Matt Lodi of Cleveland Baseball Insiders on SI.com.
00:05Well, this is a critical week for Major League Baseball if they want to see some
00:08semblance of a 2020 season get played. Early on Monday, Carl Ravitch of ESPN
00:13tweeting out that a new proposal is on the table from the owners to the union,
00:17and this includes 76 game as opposed to 50, and it also includes a 75% prorated salary.
00:23That's a lot more in line with what the players want. Of course, they also wanted
00:27a 114 game season in their first proposal, but that simply is just not going to happen.
00:32Ownership would be losing way too much money, and right now with it up in the air,
00:35if fans are going to be allowed into stands for these games, the owners cannot take a chance
00:39on that happening. Ownership does want to play more games. Again, 50 games up to 76
00:44is not a bad compromise. You're almost halfway there. 82 games, of course,
00:49would be half of the usual 162. When you look at the situation between the players
00:54and the union, they're going to have to come to a decision sooner rather than later.
00:58If they want the season to get started in July, a deal has to simply get done as soon as possible,
01:03maybe this week. If you're the owners, you're going to sit back now and wait with your 76 game
01:07proposal on the table and the 75% prorated salary, and at some point it's going to be
01:12take it or leave it. Andy Martino of SNYTV reported on Friday that even if it's 50 games,
01:17the players will take the field at some point in 2020 and play a shortened season.
01:22For Cleveland Baseball Insiders on SI.com, I'm Matt Lodi.