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Major League Baseball presented the players
union with a revised economic plan for the yet-to-start 2020
season on Tuesday, proposing a sliding-scale of pay cuts, with
the top-paid stars due to take the biggest hits. The proposal
was MLB's attempt to revise the year's finances based on
shifting realities amid the coronavirus pandemic, which caused
spring training to shut down in mid-March and has led to Opening
Day being postponed indefinitely.
The league proposal to further cut player salaries drew the
players' ire. Under the plan, the highest-paid players would see
the deepest cuts in pay, reportedly somewhere between 60 and 75
percent.
To Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, a member of the
MLBPA executive subcommittee, that is unacceptable. He took to
Twitter Wednesday night to voice the players' displeasure.
"After discussing the latest developments with the rest of the
players there's no need to engage with MLB in any further
compensation reductions," Scherzer wrote. "We have previously
negotiated a pay cut in the version of prorated salaries, and
there's no justification to accept a 2nd pay cut based upon the
current information the union has received."
Passan said the players will seek to play 100 or more games
instead of the 82 in the MLB proposal. More games will allow the
players to earn higher income if they are paid on a prorated
basis.
MLB officials have been hoping to start the season around July
1.
--Field Level Media
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