MLB Won't Accept Players Counter Offer, Season Still Up in the Air

Major League Baseball will not budge from its stance on a 60-game season, even after the Players Union countered with a 70-game season just a day after many believed the division between the League and the Players Union was healing.

Now with both sides once again dug in, it is up to the players to either accept the owners 60-game proposal or reject it and force Commissioner Rob Manfred to implement a schedule.

The problem hovering over any agreement, however, is the Coronavirus. According to reports, the Phillies, Blue Jays, Giants and Rangers all shut down due to spikes in cases of the virus.

Five Philadelphia Phillies players have tested positive for the virus. There are even reports that one Astros player an two LA Angels players have also tested positive.

Even if Major League Baseball and the Players Union agreed to a season, there is no guarantee now that it would even happen with the virus still a clear and present danger.

Anyone still holding out hope for a season should start to forget it. It's going to be very, very difficult. The virus, plus two sides so heavily entrenched on their positions make it nearly impossible for baseball to return cleanly this year.

While the season hasn't been officially canceled, if and when it happens, it could have long term effects on a sport that has struggled in recent years and decades to draw fan interest. A lot of fans are turned off by the bitter negotiations and probably won't comeback. The sport is at a critical juncture. It needs a solution, and needs one soon.

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Jets, Dolphins and Patriots Playoff Breakdown

Here are the formuli that could get the Jets into and out of the playoff party this season: 1) If the Jets win against Seattle and Miami, they win the AFC East based on a better conference record (8-4) than the New England Patriots, even if New England wins out as well. 2) If the Patriots win out and the Dolphins win out and finish at 11-5, the Jets would be 10-6, or 9-7, and probably out of the playoffs. Both New England and Miami would make the playoffs, with the Dolphins as a divison winner and the Patriots as a wild card. The Patriots make the postseason if Baltimore loses one of its final two games. 3) If the Patriots win out and the Dolphins and Jets split, then the Patriots win the AFC East. The Jets will have to hope that they beat Miami to win that tie-breaker and, further, hope that they have a better conference record than the Baltimore Ravens in order to clinch the sixth seed. 4) If the Patriots and Ravens win out and the Dolphins and Jets split their final two games, then ...

Francisco Lindor Remains Red Hot as Mets Top Phillies

Francisco Lindor remains the hottest player in Queens right now. The Mets shortstop blasted two more home runs, including a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning, Monday night to help propel the Mets to a 5-4 win over Philadelphia. Lindor who typically struggles in the month of April is putting together a heck of a month. Monday's two hit effort was the 10th game in the last 11 where Lindor has recorded a hit. In fact in the month of April alone this year, Lindor was hitting at .311 coming into Monday's action. On the year, Lindor is batting .284 with five homers and 13 RBI. Lindor's efforts proved to be prophetic, as the Phillies Alec Bohm crushed a three-run bomb off Edwin Diaz in the top of the ninth to cut the Mets lead to a single run. Fortunately for New York, Diaz was able to shut the door with strikeouts of Trea Turner and Bryce Harper. New York (16-7) has now won five in a row.

Mets Keep Rolling into Phillies Series

The New York Mets are feeling pretty good about things right now! The Amazin's swept a four game series from the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, winning 7-4 Sunday afternoon. It was the first time since 1986 that the Amazin's had swept such a series from St. Louis. We all know what happened later that season. Well, not to get too far ahead of ourselves, because the 2025 version now faces a very stiff challenge. The Mets will face their arch rivals the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday with only two games separating the two teams in the NL East. The Mets took out Philly in the NLDS last October, so this figures to be a heck of showdown. The Mets begin a month long stretch against teams that are likely postseason contenders like the Phillies, D-Backs, Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, and Dodgers. If the Mets (15-7) are this good, we will know for sure in a month.

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