LOS ANGELES – Major League Baseball has proposed postponing the start of the 2021 season and reducing the number of games, ESPN and other US media outlets reported Sunday.
The proposed plan put to the MLB Players Association on Friday would have the schedule shortened from 162 regular season games for each team to 154, but an expanded playoffs would see players receive all of their scheduled compensation.
ESPN reported that players were considering the plan, with MLB having asked for a response by Monday.
Under the proposal, Opening Day would be pushed back from April 1 to April 28 and Spring Training, now set to begin in…
