Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ union president Tony Clark met face-to-face for the first time in three months on Tuesday in Arizona and emerged with what MLB considered a framework for each leader to attempt sell to his side.
MLB thought it had terms to play the pandemic-delayed season in empty ballparks, not just a proposal, but the union said nothing publicly and some on the players’ side considered it to be nothing more than another plan subject to more bargaining.
The framework includes full prorated pay, even if games are played in empty ballparks. Each team would play 60 games over 10 weeks starting July 20, though a Sunday opener on July 19 could be added. The owners would pay about the same amount of money as they would have in their most recent proposals, about $1.48 billion, which is around 37 percent of player’s full-season salaries.
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