Morning Briefing: Time Ticking On Negotiations For 2020 Season

Good morning, Mets fans! Major League Baseball declined the proposal for an 114 game season by the players association as expected, per The Athletic.

MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal went on to report that the MLB will not send a counter offer as the league has started talks with owners about playing a shortened season without fans, and are open to exploring new ideas with the union.

As we await further developments, let’s take a look at the buzz surrounding the Mets and the rest of the league on Wednesday!

Latest Mets News

The Mets have re-opened their spring training facility in Port St. Lucie for local players (Story by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com).

Former Met Kelly Johnson joined SNY’s Baseball Night New York to reflect on the infamous Chase Utley slide from the 2015 playoffs.

SNY looks at Jacob deGrom‘s biggest Cy Young competition for this upcoming season.

Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine joined the peaceful protesters in Stamford, Connecticut.

The Mets select a similar prospect to Jared Kelenic in the latest MLB mock draft. (Story by Danny Abriano of SNY’s Mets Blog).

Abriano also provided three-potential catching prospects the team could target in the draft, as well.

Yesterday marked the 40-year-anniversary of when the Mets drafted franchise legend Darryl Strawberry in 1980.

Paul Lukas of Uni-Watch is looking for members of the Mets combo rock-n-roll band, which was the official team of the 1960’s.

Latest MLB News

Major League Baseball released their official statement addressing everything going on right now in the aftermath of the death of the senseless murder of George Floyd.

Joel Sherman of The New York Post shared that he is hearing a pessimistic attitude on both side of the fence about an MLB season.

With Japan getting ready for their Opening Day two-weeks from now, two players on the Yomiuri Giants have tested positive for the Coronavirus, per Jim Allen, former writer for The Daily Yomiuri.

Two White Sox teammates, who were the first pair in their clubhouse to speak up about George Floyd, Tim Anderson and Lucas Giolitto have had countless discussions about race since they started playing together, ESPN’s Joon Lee has the backstory about their bond.

The Pirates announced that pitcher Chris Archer underwent surgery for Thoracic-Outlet Syndrome and will be ready for the 2021 season.

Detroit Tigers top pitching prospect Matt Manning has hired Scott Boras to represent him per MLB Insider Jon Heyman.

Latest NL East News

The Nationals organization sent their condolences regarding Washington Bullets NBA legend and Hall of Famer Wes Unseld, who passed away at 74-years-old.