Players Reportedly Will Vote on 60-Game Proposal Tomorrow, Bad Things Will Follow - bleachernation.com

With the owners having declined to respond to the players’ 70-game counterproposal, the players will reportedly vote tomorrow on whether to reject the 60-game proposal.

No one expects that deal to be accepted.

The #MLBPA executive board, consisting of an 8-member subcommittee and 30 team representatives, are meeting today but there will be no vote taken on the #MLB 60-game proposal. That vote will likely be Sunday.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) June 20, 2020

Here’s why some players plan to vote no on MLB’s 60-game framework/proposal: They believe expanded playoffs for 2 years and dropping their grievance chance is worth more than 60 games, even 60 prorated games. No decision has been made yet but it is expected sometime this weekend.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 20, 2020

Commissioner Manfred will be in touch w/owners throughout weekend. Expectation is that if players reject last try he will soon set schedule pursuant to March 26 deal; appetite for canceling season seems low (though there’s small “hardline” group). Bigger threat to year: Covid-19

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 20, 2020

Tomorrow for the vote, eh? So 24 hours for the owners to consider adjusting their offer – in games, in other payouts, etc. – to a level where the players are willing to give up their right to a grievance, to expand the postseason for two years, and to allow uniform ads, among other revenue-generators/cost-savers for the owners.

Rational thinking:

Splitting the baby at 65-ish games would cost the owners an additional $150M ($5M per team).

And if doing so spurred an agreement, it would net the owners: expanded playoffs ($100M each year?), no grievance risk ($200M?), uniform ads ($100M?), etc.

— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) June 20, 2020

It feels so very obvious that there’s gotta be middle ground here that avoids a mandated season and all the ugliness that follows, but anyone with optimism left is totally unrecognizable to me. I expect a rejection of the 60-game offer, then a mandated season, and then probably some exceptionally ugly fighting on the health and safety protocols (remember those?).

And, even if things do get together to start the season, a reminder of what this process has wrought:

⇒ Much fewer games for the fans.

⇒ Much less money for the players.

⇒ Much less positive exposure for the sport.

⇒ Much more fan antipathy about the return.

⇒ Much more player hostility going forward.

⇒ Possibly fewer players actually participating.

⇒ Definitely fewer player-involved extra activities.

⇒ No expanded playoffs.

⇒ Likely even bigger fight about post-2021 CBA than already expected.

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