US Major League Baseball has made another try to start the coronavirus-delayed season in early July, proposing a 76-game regular season, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to as many as 16 and allowing players to earn about 75 percent of their prorated salaries. MLB's latest proposal would guarantee 5 percent of players' prorated salaries over the regular season, according to details obtained by The Associated Press. It also would forgive 20 percent of the US$170 million in salaries already advanced to players during April and May. Baseball won't solve these problems, but maybe it could help,'' Washington pitcher Sean Doolittle tweeted. We also have to make sure that future players won't be paying for any concessions we make.''

Source: The Standard June 09, 2020 03:45 UTC