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Players Expected to Make Counteroffer to MLB

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According to Jeff Passan, the Major League Baseball Players Association is set to make an offer to the owners that will bring the two sides closer together in their negotiations to start the 2020 season. Passan says that the MLBPA will come down off of their last offer to play a 114-game schedule with full pro-rated shares, and they are offering an 89-game schedule.

The owners yesterday upped their previous offer to 76 games at 75% of pro-rated pay, while also eliminating the sliding scale payments that would have hurt the players who make the most money.

So now the main differences between the two sides is at 13 extra games and 25% of their pro-rated salary. That’s still quite a bit of money, but they are now a lot closer than they were when their initial offers came out and neither side presented a good offer. I wouldn’t expect the owners to accept this offer, but the gap between them is closing.

In addition to the main issue, the players proposed a 16-team playoff format for the next two seasons. That should appeal to the owners, as the postseason is where they will make most of their money without fans in attendance.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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