What will rosters look like? Who gets paid?

The season looks like it’ll be shortened. There’s almost no way to start in July and play 162 games, even with frequent seveninning double-headers. And with experts projecting a second wave of the virus outbreak in the winter, there’s motivation to get a season completed before then.

July 1 would give plenty of time to play an 81-game schedule and finish in November. Of course, there could be adjustments needed on the fly.

Will some teams play more difficult, unbalanced schedules? Probably. But it’s better than no baseball.

Rosters are expected to be around 30 players, and with every win essentially counting as two in the standings, managers could act more aggressively to win today without worrying about tomorrow.

Pitchers are likely to throw fewer innings, which means more depth would be needed. And given the long layoff, position players might need more rest. Without any minor league games, a 50- or

While safety is the No. 1 concern, money is always close behind.

Players and owners already agreed to take a prorated salary this season, but that doesn’t look like it’ll work for owners, who will lose roughly half their revenue from gate receipts, and countless other streams of incomes via lost advertising, memorabilia sales, etc.

There’s talk of a revenue-sharing system, but players will be scared that it would continue post-pandemic and lead directly to a salary cap, which they’ve been fighting for decades.

Who’s more motivated to get games going? Probably the players, given only $170 million of total salaries have been committed to being paid at this point, and the owners could stand to lose money should games return and players continue to make a prorated portion of their previous salaries.

Umpires have already agreed to take a 30% pay cut.

With so much money at stake for all parties, there is hope of the game being played again in 2020.