NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has proposed a one-month delay in starting spring training due to the coronavirus pandemic and pushing back opening day to April 28, reports said Sunday.
Under the plan presented to the players union Friday, the regular season would be cut from 162 games to 154, but players still would receive the required 162 games of pay. Also, the playoffs would be expanded from 10 teams to 14, the designated hitter would extend to the National League for the second straight season, a proposal the union previously has declined. Also, MLB would keep the experimental rules for seven-inning doubleheaders and beginning extra innings with a runner on second base.
All players would report for spring training March 22, a change from the current calendar, which calls for a voluntary reporting date of Feb. 17 for pitchers, catchers and injured players, and Feb. 22 for others.
Opening day would be pushed back 27 days, from its scheduled April 1, and the regular season would end Oct. 10 instead of Oct. 3. The postseason would extend into November.
The proposal was sent to the union Friday, with a request for a response by today, reports said. Players and union leaders discussed the proposal over the weekend.
The sides had not discussed the proposal with each other, reports said.
If the union does not provide a counteroffer early this week, spring training is likely to start in mid-February as scheduled, ESPN reported.
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