My Podcast was about MLB’s proposal for a potential 2020 season despite the obvious obstacles the country has in front of them. As mentioned, the season would have many conditions to it and it will be completely different from what we saw in 2019 and all years prior. There would be an 82 game regional schedule, meaning more interleague play and no more Dodgers vs. Mets games in the regular season. Additionally, and this got approved just minutes before I’m writing this, there will be a universal DH in the league. Prior, only the AL had a DH and they had to adjust to NL rules where the pitchers hit when going to one of their ballparks. Furthermore, and in the meeting yesterday economics weren’t discussed, but the owners have agreed to a 50/50 revenue split with the players, but not prorated salaries like they agreed to in March because owners realized with half the games and no fans, they’ll lose money if they pay prorated salaries. However, this could be something that not only prevents the 2020 season from happening, but any season at all after 2021 as thats when the current CBA (collective bargaining agreement. The players have made it clear that if the owners try and take away more of their salary, they have no fear in going on strike. This is what makes these negotiations all the more crucial.
I could put an endless amount of tweets in this blog post, but about everyone knows there are mixed feelings to the return of any sport let alone the country’s national past-time, but the guys upstairs know that the longer they wait to resume play, the harder it will be to have a normal game when it finally is safe to go 100% back to regular society. The MLB is hoping that they can capitalize on the current dry spell that is live sports while also keeping the league in tact so we hopefully don’t have a huge labor dispute in 2021. Is that possible? It’s hard to tell, but it is clear that there will have to be a sacrifice on both ends if we want a season and certainly if we want to see an MLB past 2021.
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