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In response to "MLB has made proposal to Players. 75 percent Prorated salary. 76 game season. Playoff pool money. -- (link)" by budice

They'll reject it as it's really not much of a difference from the previous 50 game offer from the owners. It's more games but not really more money. -- nm*

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jun 8 '20, 08:23

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Yep. “MLBPA regards this offer as worse than the last.” Bye bye baseball. -- (link) - Volnelk Jun 8, 08:31 12
- Baseball will happen. The commissioner can set a 50 game season without player consent. - spamlet Jun 8, 08:40 11
  - But players and owners already agreed that no player has to play, so... -- nm - David Jun 8, 08:46 10
    - They don’t get service time if they don’t play -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 08:52 1
      - Actually, that's not my understanding. The new March agreement said that they would. -- nm - David Jun 8, 08:56
    - Mike Trout won’t play? The owners are more than happy not to pay him and pay the salary of a player making the minimum instead. - spamlet Jun 8, 08:52 7
      - What you're describing destroys the game of baseball by tearing down its stars. -- nm - David Jun 8, 08:57 6
        
        er, though for that specific example, MLB already went after Trout for apparently not being enough of a star - JD Jun 8, 09:06
        
        But more seriously, there will always be more ball players. If fans have shown anything, they are more loyal to teams than players. - spamlet Jun 8, 09:01 1
        
        Yes, I'm sure strike baseball would go over swimmingly. -- nm - David Jun 8, 09:06
        
        Hi. -- nm - 1994 Jun 8, 08:59 2
        
        That's exactly my point. -- nm - David Jun 8, 09:06 1
        
        It was down for a couple of years and now franchises are worth many multiples of what they were then so for an owner that sounds like a win. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 09:19
I dunno with the NBA now taking over what would be baseball season - eag Jun 8, 08:30 1
- This is on the owners not offering a fair deal the players can accept for the risks they're going to take. They want to play but not for - Krusty Jun 8, 08:37

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