The MLB does not care about what the players want. The MLB does not care about what the fans want. The MLB only cares about their bottom line. No matter what they tell you, the MLB is only interested in losing as little money as possible this year. They don’t care about the player’s losses because, well, it’s not them losing more money.
The MLB submitted another proposal to the MLBPA earlier today and it was not met with much enthusiasm.
Lol
— andrew mccutchen (@TheCUTCH22) June 8, 2020
It didn’t take long for people to realize that the newest offer from the MLB seemed fairly similar to the others they have made.
– 82 games at sliding scale = ~33% salary
— Mike Axisa (@mikeaxisa) June 8, 2020
– 50 games at prorated pay = ~33% salary
– 76 games at 75% prorated pay = (drumroll) ~33% salary
It all comes back to the same place. MLB keeps making the same offer in different forms. https://t.co/DVfURfN50f
I guess if someone was making 10 million they make 2.9 million in a 50 game season, with new proposal they would make 3.75 million. So they get like 9% more in current proposal. That’s enough math for me
— dan haren (@ithrow88) June 8, 2020
It has been made clear that the MLBPA is not willing to take a pay cut from their prorated salaries and the MLB has essentially ignored that fact. The more the MLB makes the same proposal with different wording, the more it looks like the owners trying to win the PR battle against the players. Jack Flaherty, along with being a fantastic follow on twitter, is doing his best to make sure fans know what the owners are doing.
no no we get 35% of salaries for 46% of games
— Jack Flaherty (@Jack9Flaherty) June 8, 2020
Remember when there was hope? Remember when it was crushed? Remember today as the day the owners showed their true colors and no love for the game of baseball.
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