Major League Baseball announced the schedule for the 2020 MLB season on Monday. The Opening Day will take place on July 23rd with a match between the New York Yankees and the defending World Series champions Washington Nationals.

Besides Yankees and Nationals, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers will also take the field on the same day. All other teams will have their opening games the day after, on July 24th.

Considering the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and decision to play only 60 games in the regular season, MLB had to get creative with the schedule. In order to minimize the health risks and limit the travel, the league decided to have teams play their regional opponents, but that won’t affect the divisions.

In a 60-game setting, a team will play 40 games in their division, while its remaining 20 games will be based on its most proximate regional opponents. The best example are Chicago Cubs, who will play interleague games versus American League Central teams Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and Minnesota Twins.

MLB hopes to commence the postseason on September 29th and have the Game 1 of World Series on October 20th. The potential Game 7 of the World Series is scheduled on October 28th.

The league previously announced that the All-Star game wouldn’t take place this year due to specific circumstances. Los Angeles Dodgers, who were set to host this year, will instead welcome the game in 2022.

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Major League Baseball and the MLB players’ association continue their talks about the 2020 season resume this week, and it appears that the two sides are getting closer to making a deal.

While it was previously reported the MLB wouldn’t be making new offers to the players for the time being, the league went on and presented another proposal on Monday. According to this new proposal, there would be 76 regular-season games in 2020, while the players would be guaranteed 50 percent of the prorated salaries.

In case that the postseason goes through as planned, the players’ salaries would then be bumped up to 75 percent of the prorated salaries. This would mean that the players would receive 35 percent of the money they were set to make before the coronavirus pandemic.

Under this proposal, the regular season would wrap up on September 27th, while the World Series would end by late October.

MLBPA countered the league’s offer on Tuesday, proposing an 89-game season and full prorated salaries for the players. Also, the proposal includes extended postseason that would see eight teams from both American League and National League making the playoffs in 2020 and 2021.

These terms would secure that players get 55 percent of the full 162-game salary.

Reportedly, the league will decline the MLBPA’s offer but there is optimism in both camps as their terms get closer with each swapped proposal.

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Major League Baseball announced the schedule for the 2020 MLB season on Monday. The Opening Day will take place on July 23rd with a match between the New York Yankees and the defending World Series champions Washington Nationals.

Besides Yankees and Nationals, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers will also take the field on the same day. All other teams will have their opening games the day after, on July 24th.

Considering the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and decision to play only 60 games in the regular season, MLB had to get creative with the schedule. In order to minimize the health risks and limit the travel, the league decided to have teams play their regional opponents, but that won’t affect the divisions.

In a 60-game setting, a team will play 40 games in their division, while its remaining 20 games will be based on its most proximate regional opponents. The best example are Chicago Cubs, who will play interleague games versus American League Central teams Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and Minnesota Twins.

MLB hopes to commence the postseason on September 29th and have the Game 1 of World Series on October 20th. The potential Game 7 of the World Series is scheduled on October 28th.

The league previously announced that the All-Star game wouldn’t take place this year due to specific circumstances. Los Angeles Dodgers, who were set to host this year, will instead welcome the game in 2022.

The post Yankees and Nationals to Open 2020 MLB Season on July 23 appeared first on SportzBonanza.

Major League Baseball and the MLB players’ association continue their talks about the 2020 season resume this week, and it appears that the two sides are getting closer to making a deal.

While it was previously reported the MLB wouldn’t be making new offers to the players for the time being, the league went on and presented another proposal on Monday. According to this new proposal, there would be 76 regular-season games in 2020, while the players would be guaranteed 50 percent of the prorated salaries.

In case that the postseason goes through as planned, the players’ salaries would then be bumped up to 75 percent of the prorated salaries. This would mean that the players would receive 35 percent of the money they were set to make before the coronavirus pandemic.

Under this proposal, the regular season would wrap up on September 27th, while the World Series would end by late October.

MLBPA countered the league’s offer on Tuesday, proposing an 89-game season and full prorated salaries for the players. Also, the proposal includes extended postseason that would see eight teams from both American League and National League making the playoffs in 2020 and 2021.

These terms would secure that players get 55 percent of the full 162-game salary.

Reportedly, the league will decline the MLBPA’s offer but there is optimism in both camps as their terms get closer with each swapped proposal.

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