NEW YORK — Baseball owners and players have reverted to form — the type displayed over the past half-century during eight work stoppages filled with salary squabbles.
MLB claims an additional $640,000 would be lost with each extra regular-season game played. The union has said it doesn’t believe those calculations and asked MLB for more economic documents and data.If spring training is to resume in mid-June followed by opening day at around the start of July, a deal would have to be reached by next week.
Players say the March 26 deal covered salaries and they are under no obligation to revisit the subject. MLB says they are if the plan is to use empty ballparks, which is the current intention. Slow free-agent markets following the 2017 and 2018 seasons sparked player anger, and a more regular market this past off-season hasn’t calmed players or the union staff.Players are livid over what they call tanking and clubs call rebuilding. They view noncompetitive teams as bad for the entire industry, leading to an attendance drop in each of the last four seasons.
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