MLBPA Rejects 60 Game Season

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More dire news for MLB fans. The MLBPA has rejected a 60-game season with expanded playoffs:

Quick newser at ESPN, which will be updated as more information comes in. The MLBPA has rejected a 60-game season with expanded playoffs and, absent an 11th-hour agreement seen as unlikely, MLB can impose a schedule and baseball will finally have a season: https://t.co/jfLSUO5Mbg

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 22, 2020

Commissioner Rob Manfred now likely has no choice but to implement a 60 game season amid a sea of hostility. Buster Olney sums it up best:

And the dominoes are now likely set to tumble:
1. Implementation of a short season by MLB
2. Some players choosing not to play.
3. PA grievance
4. Upcoming free agents get destroyed in market
5. All major labor issues merely deferred to next spring.
Mutually assured destruction.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) June 22, 2020