Sources: Owners approve MLB season proposal plan as players' association preps to see it next

Major League Baseball owners have approved a proposal to present to players for the 2020 season, according to ESPN and multiple reports.

MLB plans to meet with the players union Tuesday to discuss the proposal and start negotiations, according to ESPN and reports.

A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that the delayed season would start around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans. The plan envisions expanding the designated hitter to the National League for 2020, as well.

Spring training would start in early to mid-June. Each team would play about 82 regular-season games, most against opponents in its own division. Postseason play would be expanded from 10 clubs to 14 by doubling wild cards in each league to four.

Teams would prefer to play at their regular-season ballparks but would switch to spring training stadiums or neutral sites if medical and government approvals can't be obtained for games at home. Toronto might have to play home games in Dunedin, Florida. The All-Star Game, scheduled for Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 14, likely would be called off.