Major League Baseball Players Association chief Tony Clark on Thursday night released a statement saying that the players “resoundingly rejected” MLB’s demands for more salary concessions.
The two sides continue negotiations to find common ground on a path forward to begin the MLB season but are not close on what a truncated season – and the economics of a shortened season – should look like in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Clark’s statement comes in response to Wednesday’s action by the owners, who rejected the union’s proposal for a 114-game season with salary deferrals without proffering a counter-proposal.
Owners reportedly are mulling a 50-game season.
Clark said the union executive board as well as MLBPA player leads convened on a conference call earlier Thursday, resulting in an overwhelming rejection of what they call the league’s demands for more concessions.
“Earlier this week, Major League Baseball communicated its intention to schedule a dramatically shortened 2020 season unless Players negotiate salary concessions. The concessions being sought are in addition to billions in Player salary reductions that have already been agreed upon,” Clark said in a statement.
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