No. They won’t. And here’s why.
There’s two sides to this story and most people who are following the situation already know a bit about those siders. We have the owners and the players. I will do a break down of each of their perspectives to prove why it will be impossible to have a season. Firstly, the players.
MLB Players: MLB players are the .0001% of the people who aspire to play in the MLB and are actually successful at it. Millions of children grow up with the dream of one day playing for their favorite childhood team. And all of these MLB players were once those little kids. And those players deserve to be paid exactly what they negotiated in their contracts. The thing about a sport like baseball is that players get what they deserve. This is one of the only sports that can truly be this way because there is no salary cap. There is also no split of revenue between the players and the owners. The players get payed and they play. And regardless of how profitable the owners are, the players still get paid the same. So for example, if a team makes a great deal that will result in hundreds of million of dollars in extra revenue, the owners keep the money and the players see nothing. So why should it be different when the situation is bad? The players agreed on their CBA and their contracts. They won’t settle for any less. We see this specifically with top players such as Max Scherzer who would get an about 75% pay reduction this season. The players will not settle for less money than they negotiated for and they don’t deserve to be underpaid. They are there to play baseball and not worry about team revenues so team revenues should not affect their existing contracts. And now the owners.
Owners: There is not much you can say to defend the owners in this scenario but I can present you with why they will not have a season. Owners are businessman. This means they are smart with their money. And if they know that something isn’t a good business move they won’t make that move. This is most likely the mindset that got them to the billions of dollars they have now. in addition the thing about owners is that they have no rush to make money. Most owners stay owners for 40+ years. Missing out on one season of profits(if there even is profits) wont hurt their business financially speaking. Owners aren’t ones to compromise either. They don’t want to look weak and give the players what they want.
So what does this mean for baseball? Well it’s not looking to good
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