<![CDATA[Players union delays vote on MLB proposal after coronavirus spike]]> https://usagag.com/2020/06/21/players-union-delays-vote-on-mlb-proposal-after-coronavirus-spike/ Sun, 21 Jun 2020 01:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://usagag.com Players union delays vote on MLB proposal after coronavirus spike The MLB Players Association, recognizing the coronavirus outbreaks in key baseball states, will take another day or two before officially voting on the commissioner’s proposal of a 60-game season, an industry source said. The players will use that time to further discuss the proposed health and safety protocols for a 2020 restart.

The PA’s executive board, which features representatives from all 30 teams as well as an eight-members Executive Subcommittee, is expected to vote against the owners’ 60-game concept.

That decision could compel commissioner Rob Manfred to unilaterally implement a schedule of about 50 games, which in turn might cause both sides to file grievances against each other for negotiating in bad faith.

Spiking numbers in Florida and Arizona compelled all 30 teams to hold their spring training restarts — assuming those happen — at their home ballparks rather than at their Grapefruit League and Cactus League complexes.

Tony ClarkAP

All of the complexes closed on Friday after word spread of COVID-19 concerns at the Phillies’ Blue Jays’ and Giants’ spring-training ballparks. On Saturday, The Post’s George A. King III reported that four Yankees employees in Tampa had tested positive.

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