Morning Briefing: MLB/MLBPA Miss Deadline To Reach Deal

Good Morning, Mets fans!

Happy No-Han Anniversary!!

The MLPA and MLB had set today, June 1st, as a soft cap to reach a potential deal to start the season. If a deal was to be signed today, the plan was to have Spring Training in mid-June and kick off the season in early July. However with no deal close to fruition, a finalized contract in the coming days seems extremely unlikely.

Latest On MLBPA’s Negotiations With The Owners

Late last night, Jeff Passan of ESPN tweeted out that the MLPA has made a counter-offer to the owners. This proposal includes a 114-game season and will give every player the option to opt-out of the season, should they feel unsafe. It also calls for the deferral of players’ salaries in 2020 if a postseason can not happen.

Passan adds that certain players deemed high-risk would receive their salary while others would not. Players would also receive a 100 million dollar advance and playoffs would be expanded for the next two seasons.

Yesterday, Buster Olney of ESPN tweeted out that some owners are willing to cancel the season, citing they would be losing money if a campaign were to kick off. A decision of this magnitude, for billionaires, to call off the season claiming “poor”, would have extreme short-term and long-term ramifications for the sport.

Craig Edwards of Fangraphs showed how MLB’s latest proposal favors the owners.

Ken Davidoff of The New York Post wrote on how MLB has faced some major PR issues in its latest fracas.

Latest Mets News

Pete Alonso addressed the recent riots on his Instagram story yesterday.

Tim Healey of Newsday talked to Terry Collins about the night of Johan Santana‘s no-hitter.

Andy Martino of SNY interviewed Michael Cuddyer about the recent riots in the US.

Latest MLB News

Luis Severino is progressing well in recovery from Tommy John Surgery.

The Blue Jays have committed to paying their minor-leaguers $400 per month through June, per Shi Davidi of SportsNet.

Latest NL East News

The Nationals plan to reduce their minor-leaguers salary by a hundred dollars a week. Nationals’ farmhands will now only earn $300 per week, instead of the $400 per week allowance that many other teams have instituted. In response to this, literal superhero Sean Doolittle tweeted out that he will give money to help the Nationals’ farmhands.